What is the difference between Light Skin and Khaki?

ΔE 10 (close). Khaki is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin vs Khaki

Light Skin

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC18
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ecb88c (estimate)

Khaki

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.061
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cfab77 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Khaki is a little darker, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Khaki instead of Light Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Khaki is a little darker, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Light Skin instead of Khaki?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Skin

Light Skin vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Khaki
Light Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Khaki
Light Skin vs Skin Tone (71.076)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Khaki

Khaki vs Buff (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Skin
Khaki vs Basic Flesh (SC20)Scalecolor · ΔE 13, fair
Khaki vs Resurrection Flesh (SFG14)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Light Skin equivalents · Khaki equivalents