What is the difference between Dwarven Skin and Cork Brown?

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

Dwarven Skin vs Cork Brown

Dwarven Skin

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a97a66 (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 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cork Brown is a little darker, warmer than Dwarven Skin.

Can I use Cork Brown instead of Dwarven Skin?

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

Can I use Dwarven Skin instead of Cork Brown?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Dwarven Skin

Dwarven Skin vs Tan Earth (71.079)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cork Brown
Dwarven Skin vs Forest Skin (74.013)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cork Brown
Dwarven Skin vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Cork Brown

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

All matches: Dwarven Skin equivalents · Cork Brown equivalents