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I think all of the advice has hit the mark. The warm vs. cool is especially important. Don't limit yourself to color 'recipes.' They will never do justice to the subject as well as a sensitively trained eye. Flesh tones are often full of greens, oranges, deep purples, etc. When you are honest with your subject and paint what you are seeing rather than what you think you see (recipe here, recipe there) your work will be exciting and rise above the typical. For a good book on color get the classic book by Charles Hawthorne titled "Hawthorne on Painting." It will change your approach to color.
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