What is the difference between Light Skin and Pale Sand?

ΔE 11 (fair). Pale Sand is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin vs Pale Sand

Light Skin

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

Pale Sand

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.837
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dbb779 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.9, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Pale Sand is more saturated, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Pale Sand instead of Light Skin?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Pale Sand is more saturated, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Light Skin instead of Pale Sand?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light 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 Light Skin on the colour wheel See Pale Sand 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 Pale Sand
Light Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Pale Sand
Light Skin vs Khaki (72.061)Game Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Pale Sand

Other Scale75 paints close to Pale Sand

Pale Sand vs Buff (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Skin
Pale Sand vs Hykey Yellow (SFG41)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 12, fair
Pale Sand vs Golden Skin (SC19)Scalecolor · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Light Skin equivalents · Pale Sand equivalents