Paint Equivalents

Archangel Red

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#C52822 · L*43.5 a*59.8 b*43.2

The closest match to The Army Painter Archangel Red in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Archangel Red is a dark, vivid red. 10 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Green Stuff World Carnage Red at ΔE 0.6. 6 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 range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Archangel Red?

Green Stuff World Carnage Red is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Archangel Red in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Hobby MS Yellow (ΔE 0.7) and Liquitex Naphthol Red Light (ΔE 0.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Archangel Red?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Scarlet Blood, ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Archangel Red Shop Green Stuff World Carnage Red Shop Green Stuff World Acrylic Colors set

Archangel Red equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Carnage Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. B Red Opulence Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A MS Yellow Gundam Color Spray SG4 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. A Character Red Mr Color 108 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Liquitex

  1. A Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix 294 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. B Transparent Orange Heavy Body Acrylix 035 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Red Acrylic Paint 4605AP ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Guards Red Acrylic Paint 4632AP ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Scarlet Blood Game Color 72.106 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Vermilion Model Color 70.909 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Mica red Lacquer Paint LP-42 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. C Italian red Lacquer Paint LP-21 ΔE 3.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Blood Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11089 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Clear Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11213 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A A Ii Kr Red Mr Paint MRP-025 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B RLM 23 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A051 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Antares Red Scale Color Range ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Aldebaran Red Scale Color Range ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Golden

  1. A Cadmium Red Medium Heavy Body 1100 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Primary Magenta Heavy Body 1510 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays S220 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Red Acrylics - Gloss 19 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Archangel Red equivalent in Mig

  1. B Metallic Red Acrylics AMIG0188 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Red Acrylics AMIG0049 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Archangel Red in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Duncan #BE392E Hellspawn Red Wave 2 ΔE 2.5
Arteza #C31723 Carmine Red Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 2.7
Kimera Kolors #D02C2A Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 2.8
Tom Color #C70D22 Vermelho Gorro de Saci ΔE 2.8
Revell #BF111B Luminous Red Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.9
Warcolours #C01F27 Red 2 Layer paints ΔE 3.0
Citadel #C01411 Evil Sunz Scarlet Air ΔE 3.1
Coat d'Arms #B32E1F Vampire Red Fantasy Range ΔE 3.5
Acrilex #D52A2B Vermelho Paints ΔE 3.7
Foundry #B31E18 Madder Red Light Paint System ΔE 4.3
Reaper #D23830 Phoenix Red Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.3
Creature #D00903 Bold Pyrrole Red Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.4
P3 #B12024 Skorne Red Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.1
FolkArt #AC2F2E Lipstick Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.8
Mission Models #C3122F Red ΔE 5.9
Apple Barrel #A42A18 Sweet Potato Colors ΔE 6.7
Monument #A90F0F Bold Pyrrole Red Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.0
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 9.4

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Orange Magma Warpaints Air ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Pure Red Warpaints Primer ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  3. A Pure Red Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  4. B Pure Red Warpaints ΔE 2.4 · very close
  5. B Dragonfire Red D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.5 · very close
  6. B Glistening Blood D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash ΔE 2.9 · very close

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