What is the difference between Bard Skin and Cork Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Cork Brown is a little darker, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bard Skin vs Cork Brown

Bard Skin

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a27866 (estimate)

Cork Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.843
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #94694d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cork Brown is a little darker, more saturated, warmer than Bard Skin.

Can I use Cork Brown instead of Bard Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Cork Brown is a little darker, more saturated, warmer than Bard Skin.

Can I use Bard Skin instead of Cork Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Bard Skin is a little lighter, more muted, 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 Bard Skin on the colour wheel See Cork Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Bard Skin

Bard Skin vs Tan Earth (71.079)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cork Brown
Bard Skin vs US Desert Sand (71.140)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cork Brown
Bard Skin vs Pale Brown (70.825)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Cork Brown

Cork Brown vs Boot Strap BrownTriads: midtones · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Bard Skin
Cork Brown vs Gyzmo FurTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Bard Skin
Cork Brown vs Vambrace BrownTriads: highlights · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bard Skin

All matches: Bard Skin equivalents · Cork Brown equivalents