What is the difference between Light Skin and Skin Tone?

ΔE 9 (close). Skin Tone is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin vs Skin Tone

Light Skin

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

Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.099
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #edca9e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Skin Tone is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Skin Tone instead of Light Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Skin Tone is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Light Skin instead of Skin Tone?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Skin

Light Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Light Skin vs Khaki (72.061)Game Color · ΔE 10, close
Light Skin vs Skin Tone (71.076)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Skin Tone

Skin Tone vs Moonray Flesh (SFG17)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Skin
Skin Tone vs Golden Skin (SC19)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Skin
Skin Tone vs Light Skin (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close · closer than Light Skin

All matches: Light Skin equivalents · Skin Tone equivalents