What is the difference between Inktense Olive and Ink Skin?

ΔE 25 (loose). Ink Skin is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Inktense Olive vs Ink Skin

Inktense Olive

Brand: Scale75
Range: Inktensity
Code: SC101
Type: an ink, glaze or transparent paint
Swatch: #293625 (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 25.3, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Ink Skin is a little darker, warmer than Inktense Olive.

Can I use Ink Skin instead of Inktense Olive?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 25). Ink Skin is a little darker, warmer than Inktense Olive.

Can I use Inktense Olive instead of Ink Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Inktense Olive 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 Inktense Olive on the colour wheel See Ink Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Inktense Olive

Inktense Olive vs Ink Black Green (72.090)Game Color Ink · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Ink Skin
Inktense Olive vs Ink Dark Turquoise (72.084)Game Color Ink · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Ink Skin
Inktense Olive vs Ink Sepia (72.091)Game Color Ink · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Ink Skin

Other Scale75 paints close to Ink Skin

Ink Skin vs Inktense Brown (SC95)Inktensity · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Inktense Olive
Ink Skin vs Inktense Wood (SC80)Inktensity · ΔE 21, loose · closer than Inktense Olive
Ink Skin vs Inktense Black (SC79)Inktensity · ΔE 21, loose · closer than Inktense Olive

All matches: Inktense Olive equivalents · Ink Skin equivalents