Let's Create a Character Part 5: Skin tone
Added 2024-01-22 09:47:42 +0000 UTC
The color codes are for the base skin color (the color of the text below each sample). I've added highlights and shadows because the color on it's own doesn't tell you much.
In general I try to reuse skin tones on different characters to keep things simple at my end, but it's not absolutely necessary.
My thoughts on this:
Miyuki's skin tone is really too light, so I have not included it in the poll (here in the pic for reference purposes). If you really really want it we can do it, but keep in mind it's the same skin tone I use for Kelly, who is Polish-American. I looked at a bunch of photos of native Hawaiians, Samoans, Maoris, etc., and they are mostly in the range of the other three.
Of the others, I really kind of feel the darker one would end up too dark on a more complex shape with more shadows - it doesn't look it here, but keep in mind how dark it is relative to the standard Latina skin tone. Still included if you want to try though.
A more general note on colors - we all vary a great deal in how well we can tell colors apart, so if the two on the left look the same to you, don't worry about it.
