Paint Equivalents

Red Wood

Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-261

#74311E · L*29.4 a*28.1 b*26.1

The closest match to Mr. Paint Red Wood in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Paint Red Wood is a dark, saturated red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Transparent Brown Iron Oxide at ΔE 1.4. 10 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 Mr. Paint Red Wood?

Golden Transparent Brown Iron Oxide is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Red Wood in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Terracotta (ΔE 2.0) and Vallejo Red Iron Oxide (ΔE 2.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Red Wood?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Red Iron Oxide, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Paint Red Wood Shop Golden Transparent Brown Iron Oxide (Heavy Body) Shop Golden Heavy Body set

Red Wood equivalent in Golden

  1. A Transparent Brown Iron Oxide Heavy Body 1383 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Red Oxide SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6720 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Golden conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Terracotta Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Beaten Copper Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Citadel conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Red Iron Oxide Arte Deco 85.040 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Fresh Blood Game Color 72.132 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Vallejo conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Bay Brown Paint System 42B ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Spearshaft Shade Paint System 13A ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Foundry conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Molten Orange Warpaints Air ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Fur Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Mr. Paint → The Army Painter conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Mig

  1. B Red Brown Base Acrylics AMIG0913 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Red Primer Light Base Primers AMIG0921 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Mig conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Rage Brown Instant Colors Range ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Dark Rust Soil Works ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Mr. Paint → Scale75 conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Pueblo Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2902E ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D Burnt Sienna Pure™ Artist Pigment 7107 ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → FolkArt conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Auburn Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9241 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Redstone Master Series Paints Core Colors 9224 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Reaper conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Brown 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Mr. Paint → Warcolours conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Oxide Brown TC-0225 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Marrone Mimetico 1 TC-0185 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Tom Color conversion chart

Red Wood equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Signalbraun RAL 8002 MMP-141 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Red Oxide German WWII RAL 3009 MMP-013 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Mr. Paint → Mission Models conversion chart

Red Wood in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Monument #802715 Burnt Orange Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.9
AK Interactive #793E2E RAL 8013 Schiffsbodenfarbe Iii Rot 5 AFV ΔE 4.0
Arteza #863625 Burnt Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.1
Duncan #6A342A Red Rage Wave 3 ΔE 4.6
Kimera Kolors #65271D Royal Brown Expansion Set 1 ΔE 4.7
Mr. Hobby #7C422F Red Brown (2) Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.9
P3 #76412B Basilisk Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.0
Green Stuff World #802709 Brown Skin Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.0
Liquitex #86422D Red Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.5
Creature #663820 Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.6
Revell #6C312B Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.6
Apple Barrel #8E3821 Ripe Tomato Colors ΔE 5.7
Humbrol #623319 German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.9
Italeri #843630 Marrone Mimetico Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.1
Tamiya #733007 NATO brown Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 6.1
Coat d'Arms #79493D Red Brown World War II Range ΔE 8.0
Acrilex #9A3E3F Púrpura Paints ΔE 11.3
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 11.4

Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint

  1. A Copper Mr Paint ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Copper Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 3.7 · close
  3. C Fine Surface Primer-oxide Red Mr Paint ΔE 3.8 · close
  4. C Primer Red RAL 8012 Mr Paint ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Primer Red RAL 8012 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 4.7 · close
  6. D Brown L-29 Delfín Mr Paint ΔE 5.7 · similar

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