Metal Red
Mr. Hobby · Mr Metallic Color GX · GX202
#CF5F5E · L*54.3 a*44.2 b*22.2
The closest match to Mr. Hobby Metal Red in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Hobby Metal Red is a mid-toned, saturated red. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is Vallejo Athena Skin at ΔE 2.8 — very close. 24 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
This is a metallic range, and the value above is one flat-on reading of a surface built to change with the angle. Most of the matches below have no flake in them at all. How to read a match to a metallic, and how to spot one in a list.
What is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Metal Red?
Vallejo Athena Skin is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Metal Red in any other range, at ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. Next nearest: Turbo Dork Spicy Meatball (ΔE 3.6) and Acrilex Goiaba Queimada (ΔE 4.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Metal Red?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Athena Skin, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mr. Hobby Metal Red Shop Vallejo Athena Skin (Game Color) Shop Vallejo Game Color set
Metal Red equivalent in Vallejo
- B Athena Skin Game Color 72.107 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Fluorescent Scarlet Premium Airbrush Color 62.034 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in Turbo Dork
- C Spicy Meatball ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Redrum ΔE 3.8 · close
Metal Red equivalent in Acrilex
- C Goiaba Queimada Paints 805 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Coral Paints 586 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Blood Chalice Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Raging Rose Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.5 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in FolkArt
- C Fire Coral Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2740 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Burgundy Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ 18111 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Caesar Red Metallic Colors ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Flesh Rose Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.9 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in Duncan
- D Evil Eye Red Wave 2 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Perisher Pink Wave 2 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in Liquitex
- D Iridescent Rose Gold Heavy Body Acrylix 227 ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Fluorescent Pink Heavy Body Acrylix 987 ΔE 8.7 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in Foundry
- D Native American Flesh Shade Paint System 120A ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D North African Flesh Paint System 124B ΔE 5.7 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in AK Interactive
- D Ruby Standard (3rd Gen) AK11084 ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Dead Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11083 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in Scale75
- D Pink Flesh Artist Range ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Salmon Fury Instant Colors Range ΔE 6.0 · similar
Metal Red equivalent in Warcolours
- D Transparent Red Transparent paints ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Transparent Brown Transparent paints ΔE 6.8 · similar
Metal Red in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden | #ED4350 | Naphthol Pink SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.1 |
| P3 | #C64958 | Sanguine Highlight Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.7 |
| Citadel | #CF705D | Martian Ironcrust Technical | ΔE 6.7 |
| Mig | #C94A5D | Copper Acrylics | ΔE 6.8 |
| Arteza | #EA6355 | Pearl Amaranth Red Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 6.9 |
| Mission Models | #DD786E | Coral (CH 1955/626) | ΔE 7.2 |
| Monument | #E53941 | Rogue Hobbies Orange Red Pro Signature Series | ΔE 7.3 |
| Reaper | #EF3743 | Seoni Scarlet Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 7.6 |
| Mr. Paint | #AA6057 | Red-brown Clear Mr Paint | ΔE 7.9 |
| Tom Color | #DD2F46 | Vermelho Melancia | ΔE 8.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #D83F37 | Blood Red Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #CB664A | Tropic Orange Colors | ΔE 8.6 |
| Humbrol | #AE6A57 | Rust Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 9.4 |
| Revell | #FE6255 | Clear Red Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 9.8 |
| Tamiya | #C63834 | Italian red Lacquer Paint | ΔE 10.3 |
| Kimera Kolors | #D02C2A | Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 11.5 |
| Italeri | #D52B27 | Red Acrylic Paint | ΔE 11.6 |
| Creature | #BF3C6C | Magenta Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 14.7 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby
- C Zeon's MS Gray Gundam Color Spray ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Metal Peach Mr Metallic Color GX ΔE 6.9 · similar
- D Salmon Pink Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 8.6 · similar
- D Copper Mr Metal Color ΔE 8.6 · similar
- E Brown Acrysion ΔE 11.6 · far
- E Deep Clear Red Mr Clear Color GX ΔE 12.0 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot