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Opinions on skin tones
I would be interested in an asian styled doll, though even picking a head is a challenge (currently looking at Kayla, Jiaxin, Jiayi, Snowy and Youyi). She would be exclusively an indoor doll and most likely under artficial low energy lightbulbs that give off a "warm" light rather than direct/indirect sunlight. The surroudings & furnishing mostly fall between "putty" and brown (neutral paint colours).
This is mostly really for how the doll looks in RL rather than how she photographs. And while not knowing much about any skin tone variations of the Asian continent I would prefer it to look more like a Japanese tone (and I realise that this still has a wide variation) if possible as this is really the only culture I am familiar with from that area of the world.
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As I was considering a DS too I was thinking the same thing, what color suits me best. I wonder if maybe can mix two of the colors together to get the right tint a customer was looking for. Actually, I wouldnt mind a light pink/ brown mix skin tone if they'd do it. If this sounds right for you a quick msg to DS and they may be able to accommodate.
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I thought you might like to see the exact same doll under varying light types and conditions. This is "Sasha" my DS 168 standard, light pink, with a sKayla head. As you can see by the variety of skin tones on the same exact doll, the only way to really compare skin color choices is to see all the colors at the same time, in person. Perhaps DS could send you samples.
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Some Japanese can be quite pale in skin tone.
I would think you can rely on the Asian skin tone to be accurate as in China they should know about it.
I'm guessing that
is lPink but she's inescapably Asian. Pale equates with beauty . . .
http://dollforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=143&t=64254 is the best example of the Asian skin tone among Chinese people.
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From my impression so far - and just commenting on the light pink and yellow - it seems that the yellow looks better if outside in daylight and worse inside with artificial light and the light pink exactly the other way round.
As for the brown tone - I find it immensely hard to describe - but it sure looks very interesting in reality.
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Skin tone could appears drastically different in real life compared to the dolls showing in professonally taken photosPixie wrote:This is mostly really for how the doll looks in RL rather than how she photographs.
In this case having seen the DS colour samples in real life, I can confirm that the colour samples shown in haremlover's photo are very accurate.
The appearance of their colours are identical to the ones I have, even when seeing them in real life under indoor's lighting
In regards to the Asian skin tone, personally I find DS' yellow is a little too much 'yellowy' comparing to an Asian RGharemlover wrote:
a typical Asian girl's skin tone (who've spent a healthy length of time in her life being outdoor) usually appears a little more 'dull' in colour tone and a tiny bit more 'brownish' than 'yellowy' in comparison
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In doing these I was very particular in aiming for proper white balance and choosing middle of the day perfect sunshine in the south of France to ensure the best possible accuracy, and am glad that this has been confirmed.dogfather wrote:I can confirm that the colour samples shown in haremlover's photo are very accurate.
The appearance of their colours are identical to the ones I have, even when seeing them in real life under indoor's lighting
Seeing Chloé next to a pink person and suntanned people was very interesting - although bear in mind that the sand was possibly a little yellower than this.
Photos I've seen of the new brown colour seem to present themselves as very dark.
Chloé presents herself well in sunshine but in cloudy weather or shade is a shade too blue or grey. Photos I've seen of the Asian colour come out well and I have two heads acquired in error in the Asian yellow shade: they are very close to the lPink in intensity.
Photographically I think it's better to err on the lighter side.
Remember also that DS applies orange or red shading subtly on the body bringing a tone darker. In view of that, the asian colour is going to look quite close to some of the lighter tanned colours on the beach and you can always ask Steven or John to apply extra attention to shading.
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for the Brown skin tone, you might want to have a look at http://dollforum.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 30#p790330. It shows a DS168 under various lightning conditions. The Yellow skin tone also changes with the light, but the changes are less drastic. The least changes has LPink.
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email Steven at DS and he can arrange it for youPixie wrote:Thanks for the replies. Does anyone know if those samples are available to buy? When you're paying so much for a doll, a little extra cost to get some colour samples could be worth it.
that's how I've got mine before I've placed my order (actually I've only just received update from him that my doll is completed and ready to ship )
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