Auburn Shadow
Reaper · Master Series Paints Core Colors · 9241
#81301F · L*31.5 a*33.9 b*28.5
The closest match to Reaper Auburn Shadow in every other range, nearest first.
Reaper Auburn Shadow is a dark, saturated red. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Transparent Red Iron Oxide at ΔE 0.7. 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 Reaper Auburn Shadow?
Golden Transparent Red Iron Oxide is the closest equivalent to Reaper Auburn Shadow in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Molten Orange (ΔE 1.2) and Vallejo Fresh Blood (ΔE 1.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Reaper Auburn Shadow?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Fresh Blood, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Reaper to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Reaper Auburn Shadow Shop Golden Transparent Red Iron Oxide (Fluid) Shop Golden Fluid set
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Golden
- A Transparent Red Iron Oxide Fluid 2385 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- B Red Oxide SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6720 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Molten Orange Warpaints Air ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Fur Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 2.4 · very close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Vallejo
- A Fresh Blood Game Color 72.132 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Copper Model Color 70.999 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Arteza
- A Burnt Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints A303 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- D Pearl Strawberry Red Acrylic Pearl Paints A222 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Scale75
- B Rage Brown Instant Colors Range ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Red Ochre Artist Range ΔE 3.7 · close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Monument
- B Burnt Orange Pro Acrylic Paints 037 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D AdeptiCon Spray-Team Red Oxide Pro Acrylic Primer S37 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Primer Red Matt Surface ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Brown Skin Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.4 · close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Rust Surface Primer Primer (3rd Gen) AK11250 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Red Brown / Red Brown Leather -19- Figures AK3073 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Citadel
- B Spiritstone Red Technical ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Terracotta Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.3 · very close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Red Wood Mr Paint MRP-261 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Dark Orange F-16 Mr Paint MRP-206 ΔE 3.7 · close
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Mig
- B Dark Rust Acrylics AMIG0041 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Red Brown Base Acrylics AMIG0913 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Auburn Shadow equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Ripe Tomato Colors 21470 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Hot Ember Gloss™ 20264E ΔE 4.2 · close
Auburn Shadow in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundry | #8E2313 | Madder Red Paint System | ΔE 3.9 |
| Warcolours | #702619 | Brown 3 Layer paints | ΔE 4.1 |
| Creature | #801C15 | Burnt Red Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.2 |
| Italeri | #843630 | Marrone Mimetico Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.7 |
| Mr. Hobby | #8C412B | Red Brown (1) Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 4.8 |
| Liquitex | #86422D | Red Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.9 |
| Tom Color | #843731 | Marrone Mimetico 1 | ΔE 4.9 |
| Mission Models | #772420 | Red Oxide German WWII RAL 3009 | ΔE 5.0 |
| FolkArt | #8F302E | Christmas Red Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.6 |
| Duncan | #961714 | Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 | ΔE 5.7 |
| P3 | #76412B | Basilisk Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.5 |
| Humbrol | #93161E | Crimson Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 6.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #65271D | Royal Brown Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 6.5 |
| Revell | #6C312B | Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.7 |
| Tamiya | #7B4538 | Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint | ΔE 7.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #79493D | Red Brown World War II Range | ΔE 8.6 |
| Acrilex | #99373C | Cereja Paints | ΔE 9.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #9E4C3F | Life On Mars | ΔE 9.6 |
Nearest colours inside Reaper
- A Kobold Scale Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Redstone Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Tarnished Copper Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Heraldic Red Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Ruddy Leather Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Wyvern Leather Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 6.6 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot