What is the difference between Endurance Brown and Tanned Skin?

ΔE 17 (loose). Tanned Skin is a little darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Endurance Brown vs Tanned Skin

Endurance Brown

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN35
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #763e21 (estimate)

Tanned Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.471
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #5e302b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 17.2, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Tanned Skin is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Endurance Brown.

Can I use Tanned Skin instead of Endurance Brown?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Tanned Skin is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Endurance Brown.

Can I use Endurance Brown instead of Tanned Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Endurance Brown is a little lighter, more saturated, 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 Endurance Brown on the colour wheel See Tanned Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Endurance Brown

Endurance Brown vs Desert Ochre (72.454)Xpress Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Tanned Skin
Endurance Brown vs Military Yellow (72.453)Xpress Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Tanned Skin
Endurance Brown vs Dwarf Skin (72.402)Xpress Color · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Tanned Skin

Other Scale75 paints close to Tanned Skin

Tanned Skin vs Demon Brown (SIN44)Instant Colors · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Endurance Brown
Tanned Skin vs Grizzly Brown (SIN34)Instant Colors · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Endurance Brown
Tanned Skin vs Werewolf Brown (SIN01)Instant Colors · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Endurance Brown

All matches: Endurance Brown equivalents · Tanned Skin equivalents