What is the difference between Fair Skin and Skin Tone?

ΔE 7 (close). Skin Tone is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fair Skin vs Skin Tone

Fair Skin

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09047
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e5c1a2 (estimate)

Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.099
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #edca9e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Skin Tone is more saturated, cooler than Fair Skin.

Can I use Skin Tone instead of Fair Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Skin Tone is more saturated, cooler than Fair Skin.

Can I use Fair Skin instead of Skin Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fair Skin is more muted, warmer.

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 Fair Skin on the colour wheel See Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fair Skin

Fair Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Skin Tone
Fair Skin vs Bone White (72.034)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skin Tone
Fair Skin vs Pale Flesh (72.003)Game Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Reaper paints close to Skin Tone

Skin Tone vs Golden Highlight (09093)Master Series Paints · ΔE 6, close · closer than Fair Skin
Skin Tone vs Fair Shadow (09046)Master Series Paints · ΔE 12, fair
Skin Tone vs Creamy Ivory (09144)Master Series Paints · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Fair Skin equivalents · Skin Tone equivalents