Which Foundry palettes for East Indian skin tones?

[WuZhuiQiu]

Which Foundry palettes might be suitable for representing East Indian skin tones, more specifically from the Punjab?

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint?page=8

I found an earlier recommendation for the Near Eastern palette, although it looks almost greyish:

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint/products/123-near-eastern-flesh

Might the South American, Oriental flesh, or Mediterranean palettes be closer?

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint/products/119-south-american-flesh

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint/products/122-oriental-flesh

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint/products/125-mediterranean-flesh

[Plynkes]

Punjab is in the west of India. 


Sorry, just goofing.



I've used the one called 'Dusky Flesh' for Sikh soldiers, and was pretty happy with it. Though most of the flesh triads I have tried never seemed to be 'quite there', requiring some adjustments and so I don't always just use them as they come, but tinker a little bit. Kind of defeats the point but I'm fussy like that. As I recall though, Dusky Flesh didn't require any messing with.

[Will Bailie]

Punjab is in the west of India. 


Sorry, just goofing.

Reminds me of the Mitchell and Webb sketch where a sailor explains to Columbus that, relative to actualIndia, the West Indies are to the East.  ("Who is the captain?" sketch).

Indian skin tone varies across the subcontinent, with those from the south tending to be darker than those from the north.  But even within the Punjab, you can see skin tones ranging from dark to light.  So you can mix and match between the various palettes that you have mentioned and you won't be far wrong, although as Plynkes says, the final result might not be 'quite there'!

[sepoy1857]

I've used the one called 'Dusky Flesh' for Sikh soldiers, and was pretty happy with it. Though most of the flesh triads I have tried never seemed to be 'quite there', requiring some adjustments and so I don't always just use them as they come, but tinker a little bit. Kind of defeats the point but I'm fussy like that. As I recall though, Dusky Flesh didn't require any messing with.

Yes! Great paint triad to use. Ihave also used the Foundry Near-East Flesh tones as well.   

[WuZhuiQiu]

Thanks, all! Yes, I wrote "East Indian" to mitigate possible confusion with Indigenous North Americans. You might guess what the searches had brought up earlier...

Given the current outdoor temperature range around here (-19 C to -12 C), and likely cold weather for the next two or three months, this may be a risky time to order paint from the Foundry. So, I may look for Foundry colour matches among locally available paint ranges such as Vallejo.

Looking further, especially at skin tone charts for cosmetics and a l'Oreal study on skin tones, I see that many Foundry colours could be used, far more than the several that I had initially considered! According to the l'Oreal study, there is extensive overlap in skin tone between Indian and African women, yet Indian women also overlap with Latin and East Asian women.

Hue ("h") is roughly along a reddish (left) to yellowish (right) spectrum.

Of course, men would tend to be a bit darker than women, though.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321323132