Dread Red
Duncan · Wave 2
#6E3E3E · L*32.1 a*21.0 b*9.1
The closest match to Duncan Dread Red in every other range, nearest first.
Duncan Dread Red is a dark, moderately saturated pink-red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Violet Oxide at ΔE 1.1. 18 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to Duncan Dread Red?
Golden Violet Oxide is the closest equivalent to Duncan Dread Red in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Gory Red (ΔE 1.6) and Scale75 Indian Shadow (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Duncan Dread Red?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Gory Red, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Duncan to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Duncan Dread Red Shop Golden Violet Oxide (Fluid) Shop Golden Fluid set
Dread Red equivalent in Golden
- A Violet Oxide Fluid 2405 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- D Alizarin Crimson Hue Fluid 2435 ΔE 7.2 · similar
Dread Red equivalent in Vallejo
- A Gory Red Game Air 72.711 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Burnt Red Model Color 70.814 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Dread Red equivalent in Scale75
- B Indian Shadow Scale Color Range ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Red Leather Scale Color Range ΔE 3.9 · close
Dread Red equivalent in FolkArt
- B Imperial Red Acrylic Colors 4669 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Madeira Acrylic Colors 2425 ΔE 4.0 · close
Dread Red equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Fur Brown Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Brazen Copper Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Dread Red equivalent in Monument
- B Burgundy Pro Acrylic Paints 069 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Flesh Wash Pro Acrylic Wash 202 ΔE 4.6 · close
Dread Red equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Signal Brown RAL 8002 Mr Paint MRP-029 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Bruno Rossiccio Mr Paint MRP-313 ΔE 4.5 · close
Dread Red equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Super Wash Light Brown Fantasy Range - Ink Wash 175 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Rat Brown Fantasy Range 119 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Dread Red equivalent in Foundry
- C Musket Stock Brown Light Paint System 72C ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Red Oxide Light Paint System 102C ΔE 4.6 · close
Dread Red equivalent in Reaper
- C Minotaur Hide Master Series Paints Bones 9491 ΔE 4.6 · close
- C Wyvern Leather Master Series Paints Bones 9492 ΔE 4.8 · close
Dread Red equivalent in Citadel
- C Bloodreaver Flesh Layer ΔE 4.7 · close
- C Dark Flesh Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.9 · close
Dread Red equivalent in Arteza
- C Burnt Umber Acrylic Premium Paints A305 ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Bordeaux Red Acrylic Premium Paints A403 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Dread Red in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimera Kolors | #6B4842 | Oxide Brown Medium Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 5.1 |
| P3 | #744439 | Brown Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.2 |
| Green Stuff World | #632D2B | Goth Skin Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 5.4 |
| Revell | #6C312B | Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 5.4 |
| Mr. Hobby | #6C2C2F | Red Brown Acrysion | ΔE 5.4 |
| Mission Models | #784C43 | Mahogany (Flight Decks, Tools) | ΔE 5.8 |
| AK Interactive | #573536 | Violet Red Standard (3rd Gen) | ΔE 5.8 |
| Apple Barrel | #84474F | Tuscan Red Colors | ΔE 6.1 |
| Tamiya | #7B4538 | Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint | ΔE 6.5 |
| Italeri | #823430 | Rust Acrylic Paint | ΔE 7.2 |
| Tom Color | #843731 | Marrone Mimetico 1 | ΔE 7.4 |
| Liquitex | #523531 | Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.6 |
| Mig | #50312C | RAL 8017 Schokobraun Acrylics | ΔE 8.0 |
| Acrilex | #903D48 | Arándano Paints | ΔE 8.2 |
| Warcolours | #5D4239 | Brown 4 Layer paints | ΔE 8.2 |
| Creature | #663820 | Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 11.0 |
| Humbrol | #77513C | Chocolate Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 11.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #9E4C3F | Life On Mars | ΔE 12.3 |
Nearest colours inside Duncan
- D Sword Hilt Burgundy Wave 1 ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Boar Hide Wave 1 ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Red Rage Wave 3 ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Asmodeus Red Wave 2 ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Helion Red Wash Wave 2 ΔE 7.8 · similar
- D Royal Cloak Wave 1 ΔE 8.3 · similar
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