What is the difference between Pale Skin and Pale Sand?

ΔE 8 (close). Pale Sand is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pale Skin vs Pale Sand

Pale Skin

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Brights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ccad7d (estimate)

Pale Sand

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.837
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dbb779 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Sand is a little lighter, more saturated than Pale Skin.

Can I use Pale Sand instead of Pale Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pale Sand is a little lighter, more saturated than Pale Skin.

Can I use Pale Skin instead of Pale Sand?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pale Skin is a little darker, more muted.

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 Pale Sand on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pale Skin

Pale Skin vs Khaki (72.061)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Pale Sand
Pale Skin vs Desert Tan (70.613)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pale Sand
Pale Skin vs Ivory (71.075)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Pale Sand

Pale Sand vs Kronos FleshTriads: midtones · ΔE 9, close
Pale Sand vs Flak Gun YellowTriads: midtones · ΔE 11, fair
Pale Sand vs Ambush YellowTriads: highlights · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Pale Skin equivalents · Pale Sand equivalents