Paint Equivalents

Pure red (Spray)

Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-86

#E50012 · L*47.9 a*74.0 b*56.6

The closest match to Tamiya Pure red (Spray) in every other range, nearest first.

Tamiya Pure red is a mid-toned, vivid red. 9 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Hobby Clear Red at ΔE 0.2. 7 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 Tamiya Pure red (Spray)?

Mr. Hobby Clear Red is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Pure red (Spray) in any other range, at ΔE 0.2 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Calico Red (ΔE 0.6) and Foundry British Redcoat (ΔE 0.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Pure red (Spray)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Calico Red, ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Tamiya Pure red Shop Mr. Hobby Clear Red Shop Mr. Hobby Acrysion set

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Clear Red Acrysion N90 ΔE 0.2 · indistinguishable
  2. A Fluorescent Red Acrysion N101 ΔE 0.2 · indistinguishable

Full Tamiya → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Calico Red Arte Deco 85.033 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. A Fire Red Arte Deco 85.029 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable

Full Tamiya → Vallejo conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Foundry

  1. A British Redcoat Paint System 68B ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. B Bright Red Paint System 15B ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Tamiya → Foundry conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Fire Orange Acrylics - Gloss 209 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Signal Red Acrylics - Gloss 174 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Tamiya → Humbrol conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Red Label Warfront Range ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. C Life Red Instant Colors Range ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Tamiya → Scale75 conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Red Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A One-coat Red One-coat paints ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Warcolours conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Deep Red Intense (3rd Gen) AK11088 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Red / Vermilion Cadmium Red. Figures AK3048 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Tamiya → AK Interactive conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body 1210 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Naphthol Red Light OPEN Acrylics 7210 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Golden conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Vermelho Flame TCUP-06 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Vermelho Puro TC-0005 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full Tamiya → Tom Color conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Angron Red Clear Air ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Wild Rider Red Layer ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Tamiya → Citadel conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Blood Red Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Mythical Orange Warpaints WP1442 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Tamiya → The Army Painter conversion chart

Pure red (Spray) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Insignia Red FS 31136 MMP-101 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Pearl Tropical Orange MMP-151 ΔE 7.4 · similar

Full Tamiya → Mission Models conversion chart

Pure red in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Italeri #D52B27 Red Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.6
Duncan #D21116 Demon Red Wave 1 ΔE 3.7
Reaper #DB3A28 Magma Red Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.8
Green Stuff World #EC2005 Red Truth Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.0
P3 #EE2C24 Ember Orange Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.2
Mr. Paint #D20901 Insignia Red Us Navy Training And Arctic Camo Mr Paint ΔE 4.3
Acrilex #E7322D Vermelho Vivo Paints ΔE 4.4
Creature #D00903 Bold Pyrrole Red Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.6
Liquitex #CE0A0E Transparent Orange Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.6
Kimera Kolors #D02C2A Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 4.8
Apple Barrel #DB2C00 Orange Colors ΔE 4.8
Revell #FA0200 Luminous Orange Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.2
Coat d'Arms #D83F37 Blood Red Fantasy Range ΔE 5.8
Arteza #F2372B Vermillion Red Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.1
Mig #C13828 Metallic Red Acrylics ΔE 6.4
FolkArt #D94927 Autumn Leaves Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 6.5
Monument #EF3A37 Fluorescent Red Pro Signature Series ΔE 6.9
Turbo Dork #D94E50 Redrum ΔE 10.9

Nearest colours inside Tamiya

  1. A Bright mica red Spray ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Bright red Lacquer Paint ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  3. A Pure red Lacquer Paint ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  4. A Metallic red Spray ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  5. A Pure metallic red Lacquer Paint ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  6. A Flat red Lacquer Paint ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

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