Ethnic Skintones, the paint list
Posted: February 26th, 2018, 3:33 amYou probably have seen the great article with paint suggestions for Ethnic Skintones by Chrispy. In case that one goes down, there are archived copies. Yet...
Time ago I had to look at the paint list and make it easier to read and do some stats. So why not publish all that? You can read the original text and see the pictures in the links above, but I hope a cleaned up version will be useful. One color square = one text line, standard naming format, updated Vallejo reference numbers with probable fixes (one repeated, one where name and code did not match, one Vallejo rename/simple confusion)... and bonus: list of all paints in one single place (with number of appearances, in case you want to start with the most repeated).
All paints
20 Beige Red 70.804
20 Basic Skintone 70.815
15 Cork Brown 70.843
13 US Tan Earth 70.874
13 Mahogany Brown 70.846
11 Ivory 70.918
10 Orange Brown 70.981
10 Light Flesh 70.928
10 Flat Brown 70.984
9 Red Leather 70.818
8 Iraqi Sand 70.819
8 Chocolate Brown 70.872
8 Brown Rose 70.803
6 Beige 70.917
5 Flat Flesh 70.955
5 Dark Sand 70.847
4 Tan Yellow 70.912
4 English Uniform 70.921
3 Old Rose 70.944
3 German WWII Beige 70.821
3 Calvary Brown 70.982
2 Sunny Skintone 70.845
2 Ochre Brown 70.856
2 Medium Flesh 70.860
2 Cam. Orange Ochre 70.824
2 Burnt Cad. Red 70.814
1 US Tan Earth 70.874 (guessing, was Chocolate Brown 70.872)
1 US Field Drab 70.873
1 Light Flesh 70.928 (was Skin)
1 Light Brown 70.929
1 Hull Red 70.985
1 Green Ochre 70.914
1 Goldbrown 70.877
1 German Cam. Pale Brown 70.825
1 English Uniform 70.921 (guessing, was English Uniform 70.872)
1 Deck Tan 70.986
1 Cavalry Brown 70.982
1 Brown Sand 70.876
1 Brown Red 70.803
1 Black Red 70.859
1 Black Brown 70.822
African
Man:
Black Brown 70.822
Chocolate Brown 70.872
50% Chocolate Brown 70.872 / 50% US Tan Earth 70.874
US Tan Earth 70.874
25% Brown Rose 70.803 / 75% Cork Brown 70.843
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
Mahogany Brown 70.846
Orange Brown 70.981
Cork Brown 70.843
Brown Sand 70.876
Australian Aborigines
Black Red 70.859
Burnt Cad. Red 70.814
Cavalry Brown 70.982
Red Leather 70.818
Orange Brown 70.981
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928 (was Skin)
African American
Man:
Flat Brown 70.984
US Tan Earth 70.874
Orange Brown 70.981
Cork Brown 70.843
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
75% Red Leather 70.818 / 25% Mahogany Brown 70.846
Ochre Brown 70.856
Dark Sand 70.847
80% Iraqi Sand 70.819 / 20% Ivory 70.918
Middle Eastern
Man:
Flat Brown 70.984
US Tan Earth 70.874
Light Brown 70.929
90% Flat Flesh 70.955 / 10% Orange Brown 70.981
Sunny Skintone 70.845
Woman:
Hull Red 70.985
Mahogany Brown 70.846
70% Mahogany Brown 70.846 / 30% Cork Brown 70.843
50% Mahogany Brown 70.846 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
Indians
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
Flat Brown 70.984
Orange Brown 70.981
Beige Red 70.804
Cork Brown 70.843
Woman:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
English Uniform 70.921
US Tan Earth 70.874
Beige Red 70.804
50% Beige Red 70.804 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
Southeast Asians
Man:
Calvary Brown 70.982
75% Red Leather 70.818 / 25% Mahogany Brown 70.846
Ochre Brown 70.856
Tan Yellow 70.912
Beige 70.917
50% Dark Sand 70.847 / 50% Ivory 70.918
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
Cork Brown 70.843
50% Cork Brown 70.843 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928
Chinese
Man:
US Tan Earth 70.874
Cork Brown 70.843
Sunny Skintone 70.845
50% Beige Red 70.804 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
50% Beige 70.917 / 50% Ivory 70.918
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
US Field Drab 70.873
English Uniform 70.921
German Cam. Pale Brown 70.825
Dark Sand 70.847
Mongolians
Man:
Red Leather 70.818
Old Rose 70.944
Basic Skintone 70.815
80% Light Flesh 70.928 / 20% Brown Rose 70.803
Light Flesh 70.928
Ivory 70.918
Woman:
70% US Tan Earth 70.874 / 30% Chocolate Brown 70.872
US Tan Earth 70.874
Beige Red 70.804
50% Basic Skintone 70.815 / 50% Beige Red 70.804
Basic Skintone 70.815
Japanese
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
US Tan Earth 70.874
Cork Brown 70.843
60% Beige Red 70.804 / 40% Basic Skintone 70.815
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Medium Flesh 70.860
Iraqi Sand 70.819
90% Light Flesh 70.928 / 10% Brown Rose 70.803
Light Flesh 70.928
Ivory 70.918
Pacific Islanders
Man:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
Red Leather 70.818
50% Red Leather 70.818 / 50% Old Rose 70.944
Old Rose 70.944
Flat Flesh 70.955
Beige 70.917
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
50% Red Leather 70.818 / 50% Beige Red 70.804
Beige Red 70.804
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
Native Americans
Man:
Calvary Brown 70.982
Orange Brown 70.981
Goldbrown 70.877
Tan Yellow 70.912
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Cam. Orange Ochre 70.824
US Tan Earth 70.874
Iraqi Sand 70.819
Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928
Latin Americans
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
Mahogany Brown 70.846
Orange Brown 70.981
Brown Rose 70.803
Beige Red 70.804
Woman:
English Uniform 70.921
Cam. Orange Ochre 70.824
Cork Brown 70.843
Beige Red 70.804
Basic Skintone 70.815
Irish
Darker Redhead:
Burnt Cad. Red 70.814
Red Leather 70.818
Orange Brown 70.981
Beige Red 70.804
Skin:
Calvary Brown 70.982
Red Leather 70.818
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928
Strawberry Blonde:
Flat Brown 70.984
60% Orange Brown 70.981 / 40% Flat Brown 70.984
50% Orange Brown 70.981 / 50% Flat Flesh 70.955
70% Beige Red 70.804 / 30% Iraqi Sand 70.819
Skin:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
70% Beige Red 70.804 / 30% Iraqi Sand 70.819
Basic Skintone 70.815
80% Light Flesh 70.928 / 10% Beige Red 70.804
Mediterranean
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
50% US Tan Earth 70.874 / 50% Cork Brown 70.843
Cork Brown 70.843
Flat Flesh 70.955
80% Light Flesh 70.928 / 20% Beige Red 70.804
Woman:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
US Tan Earth 70.874 (guessing, was Chocolate Brown 70.872)
Medium Flesh 70.860
Iraqi Sand 70.819
Dark Sand 70.847
Beige 70.917
Scandinavian
Man:
Flat Brown 70.984
60% Mahogany Brown 70.846 / 40% Cork Brown 70.843
50% US Tan Earth 70.874 / 50% English Uniform 70.921
Cork Brown 70.843
Dark Sand 70.847
Woman:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
US Tan Earth 70.874
Beige Red 70.804
Iraqi Sand 70.819
50% Basic Skintone 70.815 / 50% Light Flesh 70.928
Romanian
Woman:
English Uniform 70.921 (guessing, was English Uniform 70.872)
Green Ochre 70.914
German WWII Beige 70.821
90% Tan Yellow 70.912 / 10% German WWII Beige 70.821
Flat Flesh 70.955
Beige 70.917
Albino
Hair Swatches:
80% Ivory 70.918 / 20% Tan Yellow 70.912
German WWII Beige 70.821
90% Ivory 70.918 / 10% Brown Red 70.803
50% Beige 70.917 / 50% Ivory 70.918
Ivory 70.918
Skin Swatches:
50% Cork Brown 70.843 / 50% Beige Red 70.804
Beige Red 70.804
70% Beige Red 70.804 / 30% Iraqi Sand 70.819
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
90% Ivory 70.918 / 10% Deck Tan 70.986
If you find any other error, tell me.
Of course, thanks to Chrispy for the research, this is just a polished reference of paint codes, mostly for shopping and referencing. Go read the original reasoning and see the pictures at CMoN (I think it was somewhere else before, or with some other look... thus why I looked for archives too).
Time ago I had to look at the paint list and make it easier to read and do some stats. So why not publish all that? You can read the original text and see the pictures in the links above, but I hope a cleaned up version will be useful. One color square = one text line, standard naming format, updated Vallejo reference numbers with probable fixes (one repeated, one where name and code did not match, one Vallejo rename/simple confusion)... and bonus: list of all paints in one single place (with number of appearances, in case you want to start with the most repeated).
All paints
20 Beige Red 70.804
20 Basic Skintone 70.815
15 Cork Brown 70.843
13 US Tan Earth 70.874
13 Mahogany Brown 70.846
11 Ivory 70.918
10 Orange Brown 70.981
10 Light Flesh 70.928
10 Flat Brown 70.984
9 Red Leather 70.818
8 Iraqi Sand 70.819
8 Chocolate Brown 70.872
8 Brown Rose 70.803
6 Beige 70.917
5 Flat Flesh 70.955
5 Dark Sand 70.847
4 Tan Yellow 70.912
4 English Uniform 70.921
3 Old Rose 70.944
3 German WWII Beige 70.821
3 Calvary Brown 70.982
2 Sunny Skintone 70.845
2 Ochre Brown 70.856
2 Medium Flesh 70.860
2 Cam. Orange Ochre 70.824
2 Burnt Cad. Red 70.814
1 US Tan Earth 70.874 (guessing, was Chocolate Brown 70.872)
1 US Field Drab 70.873
1 Light Flesh 70.928 (was Skin)
1 Light Brown 70.929
1 Hull Red 70.985
1 Green Ochre 70.914
1 Goldbrown 70.877
1 German Cam. Pale Brown 70.825
1 English Uniform 70.921 (guessing, was English Uniform 70.872)
1 Deck Tan 70.986
1 Cavalry Brown 70.982
1 Brown Sand 70.876
1 Brown Red 70.803
1 Black Red 70.859
1 Black Brown 70.822
African
Man:
Black Brown 70.822
Chocolate Brown 70.872
50% Chocolate Brown 70.872 / 50% US Tan Earth 70.874
US Tan Earth 70.874
25% Brown Rose 70.803 / 75% Cork Brown 70.843
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
Mahogany Brown 70.846
Orange Brown 70.981
Cork Brown 70.843
Brown Sand 70.876
Australian Aborigines
Black Red 70.859
Burnt Cad. Red 70.814
Cavalry Brown 70.982
Red Leather 70.818
Orange Brown 70.981
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928 (was Skin)
African American
Man:
Flat Brown 70.984
US Tan Earth 70.874
Orange Brown 70.981
Cork Brown 70.843
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
75% Red Leather 70.818 / 25% Mahogany Brown 70.846
Ochre Brown 70.856
Dark Sand 70.847
80% Iraqi Sand 70.819 / 20% Ivory 70.918
Middle Eastern
Man:
Flat Brown 70.984
US Tan Earth 70.874
Light Brown 70.929
90% Flat Flesh 70.955 / 10% Orange Brown 70.981
Sunny Skintone 70.845
Woman:
Hull Red 70.985
Mahogany Brown 70.846
70% Mahogany Brown 70.846 / 30% Cork Brown 70.843
50% Mahogany Brown 70.846 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
Indians
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
Flat Brown 70.984
Orange Brown 70.981
Beige Red 70.804
Cork Brown 70.843
Woman:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
English Uniform 70.921
US Tan Earth 70.874
Beige Red 70.804
50% Beige Red 70.804 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
Southeast Asians
Man:
Calvary Brown 70.982
75% Red Leather 70.818 / 25% Mahogany Brown 70.846
Ochre Brown 70.856
Tan Yellow 70.912
Beige 70.917
50% Dark Sand 70.847 / 50% Ivory 70.918
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
Cork Brown 70.843
50% Cork Brown 70.843 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928
Chinese
Man:
US Tan Earth 70.874
Cork Brown 70.843
Sunny Skintone 70.845
50% Beige Red 70.804 / 50% Basic Skintone 70.815
50% Beige 70.917 / 50% Ivory 70.918
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
US Field Drab 70.873
English Uniform 70.921
German Cam. Pale Brown 70.825
Dark Sand 70.847
Mongolians
Man:
Red Leather 70.818
Old Rose 70.944
Basic Skintone 70.815
80% Light Flesh 70.928 / 20% Brown Rose 70.803
Light Flesh 70.928
Ivory 70.918
Woman:
70% US Tan Earth 70.874 / 30% Chocolate Brown 70.872
US Tan Earth 70.874
Beige Red 70.804
50% Basic Skintone 70.815 / 50% Beige Red 70.804
Basic Skintone 70.815
Japanese
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
US Tan Earth 70.874
Cork Brown 70.843
60% Beige Red 70.804 / 40% Basic Skintone 70.815
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Medium Flesh 70.860
Iraqi Sand 70.819
90% Light Flesh 70.928 / 10% Brown Rose 70.803
Light Flesh 70.928
Ivory 70.918
Pacific Islanders
Man:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
Red Leather 70.818
50% Red Leather 70.818 / 50% Old Rose 70.944
Old Rose 70.944
Flat Flesh 70.955
Beige 70.917
Woman:
Flat Brown 70.984
50% Red Leather 70.818 / 50% Beige Red 70.804
Beige Red 70.804
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
Native Americans
Man:
Calvary Brown 70.982
Orange Brown 70.981
Goldbrown 70.877
Tan Yellow 70.912
Basic Skintone 70.815
Woman:
Cam. Orange Ochre 70.824
US Tan Earth 70.874
Iraqi Sand 70.819
Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928
Latin Americans
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
Mahogany Brown 70.846
Orange Brown 70.981
Brown Rose 70.803
Beige Red 70.804
Woman:
English Uniform 70.921
Cam. Orange Ochre 70.824
Cork Brown 70.843
Beige Red 70.804
Basic Skintone 70.815
Irish
Darker Redhead:
Burnt Cad. Red 70.814
Red Leather 70.818
Orange Brown 70.981
Beige Red 70.804
Skin:
Calvary Brown 70.982
Red Leather 70.818
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
Light Flesh 70.928
Strawberry Blonde:
Flat Brown 70.984
60% Orange Brown 70.981 / 40% Flat Brown 70.984
50% Orange Brown 70.981 / 50% Flat Flesh 70.955
70% Beige Red 70.804 / 30% Iraqi Sand 70.819
Skin:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
70% Beige Red 70.804 / 30% Iraqi Sand 70.819
Basic Skintone 70.815
80% Light Flesh 70.928 / 10% Beige Red 70.804
Mediterranean
Man:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
50% US Tan Earth 70.874 / 50% Cork Brown 70.843
Cork Brown 70.843
Flat Flesh 70.955
80% Light Flesh 70.928 / 20% Beige Red 70.804
Woman:
Chocolate Brown 70.872
US Tan Earth 70.874 (guessing, was Chocolate Brown 70.872)
Medium Flesh 70.860
Iraqi Sand 70.819
Dark Sand 70.847
Beige 70.917
Scandinavian
Man:
Flat Brown 70.984
60% Mahogany Brown 70.846 / 40% Cork Brown 70.843
50% US Tan Earth 70.874 / 50% English Uniform 70.921
Cork Brown 70.843
Dark Sand 70.847
Woman:
Mahogany Brown 70.846
US Tan Earth 70.874
Beige Red 70.804
Iraqi Sand 70.819
50% Basic Skintone 70.815 / 50% Light Flesh 70.928
Romanian
Woman:
English Uniform 70.921 (guessing, was English Uniform 70.872)
Green Ochre 70.914
German WWII Beige 70.821
90% Tan Yellow 70.912 / 10% German WWII Beige 70.821
Flat Flesh 70.955
Beige 70.917
Albino
Hair Swatches:
80% Ivory 70.918 / 20% Tan Yellow 70.912
German WWII Beige 70.821
90% Ivory 70.918 / 10% Brown Red 70.803
50% Beige 70.917 / 50% Ivory 70.918
Ivory 70.918
Skin Swatches:
50% Cork Brown 70.843 / 50% Beige Red 70.804
Beige Red 70.804
70% Beige Red 70.804 / 30% Iraqi Sand 70.819
Brown Rose 70.803
Basic Skintone 70.815
90% Ivory 70.918 / 10% Deck Tan 70.986
If you find any other error, tell me.
Of course, thanks to Chrispy for the research, this is just a polished reference of paint codes, mostly for shopping and referencing. Go read the original reasoning and see the pictures at CMoN (I think it was somewhere else before, or with some other look... thus why I looked for archives too).