Carmine
AK Interactive · Standard (3rd Gen) · AK11091
#B83E26 · L*43.9 a*48.0 b*40.7
The closest match to AK Interactive Carmine in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Carmine is a dark, vivid red. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Macharius Solar Orange at ΔE 1.3. 11 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Carmine?
Citadel Macharius Solar Orange is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Carmine in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Lava Orange (ΔE 1.9) and Scale75 Aldebaran Red (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Carmine?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Scarlet, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Carmine Shop Citadel Macharius Solar Orange
Carmine equivalent in Citadel
- A Macharius Solar Orange Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Astorath Red Dry ΔE 4.4 · close
Carmine equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Lava Orange Warpaints Air ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Fire Giant Orange Speedpaint Set ΔE 2.1 · very close
Carmine equivalent in Scale75
- A Aldebaran Red Scale Color Range ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Health Red Instant Colors Range ΔE 4.8 · close
Carmine equivalent in Mig
- B Metallic Red Acrylics AMIG0188 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Red Acrylics AMIG0049 ΔE 3.6 · close
Carmine equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Porsche Lava Orange Mr Paint - Car MRP-C038 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C RLM 23 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A051 ΔE 4.4 · close
Carmine equivalent in Vallejo
- B Scarlet Model Color 70.817 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Georgia Clay Arte Deco 85.031 ΔE 3.6 · close
Carmine equivalent in Duncan
- B Hellspawn Red Wave 2 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Rust Orange Wave 1 ΔE 3.6 · close
Carmine equivalent in Liquitex
- B Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix 294 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix 112 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Carmine equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Vampire Red Fantasy Range 129 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D Blood Red Fantasy Range 104 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Carmine equivalent in Italeri
- B Red Acrylic Paint 4605AP ΔE 3.5 · very close
- D Guards Red Acrylic Paint 4632AP ΔE 5.7 · similar
Carmine equivalent in Golden
- C Transparent Red Iron Oxide Heavy Body 1385 ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Naphthol Red Light Fluid 2210 ΔE 4.8 · close
Carmine equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Harvest Orange Colors 20589 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Sweet Potato Colors 21381 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Carmine in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Hobby | #CA3A29 | Brown Acrysion | ΔE 3.7 |
| Green Stuff World | #C22B24 | Carnage Red Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.8 |
| Monument | #AD4E32 | Burnt Sienna Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.0 |
| Arteza | #BC5035 | Mars Orange Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.3 |
| FolkArt | #AC421B | Pure Orange Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| Warcolours | #AA441E | Metallic Copper Metallic paints | ΔE 4.6 |
| Acrilex | #C24137 | Telha Paints | ΔE 4.6 |
| Humbrol | #D32C19 | Signal Red Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 5.0 |
| Tamiya | #C8171D | Mica red Lacquer Paint | ΔE 5.3 |
| Foundry | #B31E18 | Madder Red Light Paint System | ΔE 5.5 |
| Tom Color | #CC0809 | Vermelho Puro | ΔE 5.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #D02C2A | Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 5.5 |
| Mission Models | #A24536 | Dark Rust 1 | ΔE 5.5 |
| Creature | #BC1700 | Orange Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 5.6 |
| Reaper | #D23830 | Phoenix Red Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 5.8 |
| Revell | #BF111B | Luminous Red Email Color - Silk | ΔE 5.9 |
| P3 | #B12024 | Skorne Red Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #9E4C3F | Life On Mars | ΔE 7.3 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A Penetrating Red Ink (3rd Gen) ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- B Matt Red Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Red Acrylic Color General ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Blood Red Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Vermillion Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Scarlet Red Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.7 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot