What is the difference between Pale Skin and Cream White?

ΔE 11 (fair). Cream White is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pale Skin vs Cream White

Pale Skin

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f4c8bf (estimate)

Cream White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.766
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac8b5 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 11.4, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Cream White is more muted, warmer than Pale Skin.

Can I use Cream White instead of Pale Skin?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Cream White is more muted, warmer than Pale Skin.

Can I use Pale Skin instead of Cream White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pale Skin is more saturated, 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 Pale Skin on the colour wheel See Cream White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pale Skin

Pale Skin vs Warm Grey (72.148)Game Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Cream White
Pale Skin vs White Flesh (74.016)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Cream White
Pale Skin vs Pale Flesh (72.003)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Cream White

Cream White vs Mojave White (SC62)Scalecolor · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Skin
Cream White vs Nacar (SC02)Scalecolor · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Pale Skin
Cream White vs Birch (SC25)Scalecolor · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Pale Skin

All matches: Pale Skin equivalents · Cream White equivalents