What is the difference between Clear Plum and Ink Skin?

ΔE 31 (loose). Ink Skin is a little darker, much more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Clear Plum vs Ink Skin

Clear Plum

Brand: Reaper
Range: MSP Clears & Inks
Code: 09132
Type: an ink, glaze or transparent paint
Swatch: #561849 (estimate)

Ink Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color Ink
Code: 72.093
Type: an ink, glaze or transparent paint
Swatch: #391b1b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 30.5, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Ink Skin is a little darker, much more muted, warmer than Clear Plum.

Can I use Ink Skin instead of Clear Plum?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 31). Ink Skin is a little darker, much more muted, warmer than Clear Plum.

Can I use Clear Plum instead of Ink Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Clear Plum is a little lighter, much more saturated, cooler.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Clear Plum on the colour wheel See Ink Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Clear Plum

Clear Plum vs Ink Violet (72.087)Game Color Ink · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Ink Skin
Clear Plum vs Ink Magenta (72.083)Game Color Ink · ΔE 30, loose · closer than Ink Skin
Clear Plum vs Ink Blue (72.088)Game Color Ink · ΔE 31, loose

Other Reaper paints close to Ink Skin

Ink Skin vs Black Ink (09208)MSP Clears & Inks · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Clear Plum
Ink Skin vs Brown Ink (09209)MSP Clears & Inks · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Clear Plum
Ink Skin vs Red Ink (09210)MSP Clears & Inks · ΔE 24, loose · closer than Clear Plum

All matches: Clear Plum equivalents · Ink Skin equivalents