What is the difference between Werewolf Brown and Tanned Skin?

ΔE 12 (fair). Tanned Skin is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Werewolf Brown vs Tanned Skin

Werewolf Brown

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN01
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #543c36 (estimate)

Tanned Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.471
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #5e302b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 11.8, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Tanned Skin is more saturated, cooler than Werewolf Brown.

Can I use Tanned Skin instead of Werewolf Brown?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 12). Tanned Skin is more saturated, cooler than Werewolf Brown.

Can I use Werewolf Brown instead of Tanned Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Werewolf Brown 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 Werewolf Brown on the colour wheel See Tanned Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Werewolf Brown

Werewolf Brown vs Zombie Flesh (72.470)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tanned Skin
Werewolf Brown vs Wasteland Brown (72.420)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tanned Skin
Werewolf Brown vs Battledress Brown (72.473)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tanned Skin

Other Scale75 paints close to Tanned Skin

Tanned Skin vs Demon Brown (SIN44)Instant Colors · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Werewolf Brown
Tanned Skin vs Grizzly Brown (SIN34)Instant Colors · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Werewolf Brown
Tanned Skin vs Endurance Brown (SIN35)Instant Colors · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Werewolf Brown equivalents · Tanned Skin equivalents