Fire Opal
Duncan · Wave 3
#C36E4A · L*55.3 a*30.4 b*34.5
The closest match to Duncan Fire Opal in every other range, nearest first.
Duncan Fire Opal is a mid-toned, saturated red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Coat d'Arms Beaten Copper, ΔE 1.6. 16 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 Duncan Fire Opal?
Coat d'Arms Beaten Copper is the closest equivalent to Duncan Fire Opal in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Seraphim Flesh Dip (ΔE 2.1) and The Army Painter Tanned Flesh (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Duncan Fire Opal?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Golden Ochre, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Duncan to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Duncan Fire Opal Shop Coat d'Arms Beaten Copper Shop Coat d'Arms Fantasy Range set
Fire Opal equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- A Beaten Copper Fantasy Range 163 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- D Italian Red Earth World War II Range 532 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Fire Opal equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Seraphim Flesh Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D Flesh Rose Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.7 · similar
Fire Opal equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Tanned Flesh Warpaints WP1127 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Aged Hide Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.7 · close
Fire Opal equivalent in Citadel
- B Cadian Fleshtone Layer ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Warplock Bronze Base ΔE 3.6 · close
Fire Opal equivalent in Scale75
- B Pure Copper Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Light Rust Soil Works ΔE 6.2 · similar
Fire Opal equivalent in Vallejo
- B Golden Ochre Arte Deco 85.110 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Orange Rust Model Air 71.130 ΔE 4.4 · close
Fire Opal equivalent in P3
- C Khardic Flesh Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Inferno Orange Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Fire Opal equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Mango Colors 20218 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Tropic Orange Colors 21341 ΔE 4.1 · close
Fire Opal equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Copper Mr Metal Color 215 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Rust Red Aqueous Hobby Color H453 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Fire Opal equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Copper -87- Figures AK3088 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Burn Orange Standard (3rd Gen) AK11079 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Fire Opal equivalent in Foundry
- C Mediterranean Flesh Shade Paint System 125A ΔE 4.4 · close
- D North African Flesh Light Paint System 124C ΔE 5.9 · similar
Fire Opal equivalent in Acrilex
- C Siena Natural Paints 539 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Amendoa Paints 831 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Fire Opal in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revell | #B37451 | Copper Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 4.6 |
| Arteza | #BB7446 | Pearl Copper Gold Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.8 |
| Reaper | #BA6954 | Shoanti Sienna Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 5.1 |
| FolkArt | #BF6F38 | Vivid Orange Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 5.6 |
| Mr. Paint | #CA7863 | Salmon - Pink Primer Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 5.9 |
| Humbrol | #AE6A57 | Rust Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 6.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #CB552E | Orange Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.8 |
| Italeri | #BB7A47 | US Army / Mar.Gulf Arm Sand Acrylic Paint | ΔE 7.4 |
| Liquitex | #D75E19 | Vivid Red Orange Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.7 |
| Warcolours | #B86E61 | Transparent Brown Transparent paints | ΔE 7.8 |
| Mig | #B85430 | Medium Rust Acrylics | ΔE 8.0 |
| Golden | #E96125 | Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold Heavy Body | ΔE 8.4 |
| Mission Models | #DD732B | Light Rust 1 | ΔE 8.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #E48558 | Two Cents | ΔE 8.7 |
| Monument | #AE7849 | Copper Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 8.9 |
| Tamiya | #CC5C03 | Copper Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 9.3 |
| Creature | #9E5423 | Copper Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 12.4 |
| Tom Color | #EB3102 | Suco De Laranja | ΔE 12.5 |
Nearest colours inside Duncan
- C Steampunk Copper Wave 2 ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Dwarven Skin Wave 1 ΔE 7.1 · similar
- D Orange Flare Wave 1 ΔE 7.9 · similar
- D Dry Rust Brown Wave 2 ΔE 8.0 · similar
- D Evil Eye Red Wave 2 ΔE 8.5 · similar
- D Fanatic Orange Wave 1 ΔE 9.4 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot