What is the difference between Buff and Barbarian Skin?

ΔE 11 (fair). Barbarian Skin is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Buff vs Barbarian Skin

Buff

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d1ad70 (estimate)

Barbarian Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.071
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c09566 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.7, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Barbarian Skin is a little darker, warmer than Buff.

Can I use Barbarian Skin instead of Buff?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Barbarian Skin is a little darker, warmer than Buff.

Can I use Buff instead of Barbarian Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Buff is a little lighter, 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 Buff on the colour wheel See Barbarian Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Buff

Buff vs Pale Sand (70.837)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Buff vs Khaki (72.061)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Buff vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Barbarian Skin

Other Scale75 paints close to Barbarian Skin

Barbarian Skin vs Resurrection Flesh (SFG14)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 6, close · closer than Buff
Barbarian Skin vs Blackert Brown (SFG40)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 8, close · closer than Buff
Barbarian Skin vs Basic Flesh (SC20)Scalecolor · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Buff equivalents · Barbarian Skin equivalents