Paint Equivalents

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#7C191B · L*26.9 a*41.8 b*25.5

The closest match to The Army Painter Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Dragon Red is a dark, saturated red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Gory Red at ΔE 1.0. 12 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 Dragon Red (Warpaints Air)?

Vallejo Gory Red is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Warcolours Red 4 (ΔE 1.5) and Mission Models Red Oxide German WWII RAL 3009 (ΔE 2.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Dragon Red (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Gory Red, ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Gory Red Game Color 72.011 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Scarlet Red Game Color 72.012 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Red 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. C Brown 3 Layer paints ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Red Oxide German WWII RAL 3009 MMP-013 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Red Oxide Primer Primer MMS-004 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Engine Red Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2948 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Apple Red Acrylic Colors 2548 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Golden

  1. B Cadmium Red Dark Heavy Body 1080 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Cadmium Red Dark OPEN Acrylics 7080 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Crimson Red Master Series Paints Bones 9467 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Gory Red Master Series Paints Core Colors 9278 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Creature

  1. B Burnt Red Monument Pro Acryl MPA-008 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Red Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-047 ΔE 7.4 · similar

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Cadmium-free Red Deep Heavy Body Acrylix 895 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Quinacridone Crimson Heavy Body Acrylix 110 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Hot Rod Red Gloss™ 20637 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Red Apple Colors 20784 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Deep Red Scale Color Range ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C Dragon Blood Instant Colors Range ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Monument

  1. C Transparent Red Pro Acrylic Paints 047 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. D Burnt Red Pro Acrylic Paints 008 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Blood Angels Red Contrast ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. D Spiritstone Red Technical ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Dragon Red in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Green Stuff World #8E1316 Cutthroat Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.1
P3 #6B160F Sanguine Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.2
Mr. Paint #6B0210 Cherry Red Čsn 8850 Mr Paint ΔE 4.4
Mr. Hobby #81292D Russet Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.4
Humbrol #93161E Crimson Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 4.5
AK Interactive #7F190D Dirty Red Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.6
Tom Color #971A22 Vermelho Beterraba ΔE 5.3
Tamiya #672622 Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 5.5
Revell #991523 Carmine Red Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.6
Italeri #823430 Rust Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.7
Kimera Kolors #65271D Royal Brown Expansion Set 1 ΔE 6.1
Foundry #791A06 Teracotta Paint System ΔE 6.1
Duncan #961714 Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 ΔE 6.2
Arteza #7B2D33 Bordeaux Red Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.5
Mig #591610 Crystal Red Acrylics ΔE 7.2
Acrilex #99373C Cereja Paints ΔE 9.2
Coat d'Arms #7E4941 Rat Brown Fantasy Range ΔE 11.8
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 13.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Slaughter Red Speedpaint Set ΔE 0.2 · indistinguishable
  2. B Gemstone Red Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.2 · very close
  3. C True Blood Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.5 · close
  4. C Encarmine Red Warpaints Air ΔE 5.0 · close
  5. D Gemstone Warpaints Air ΔE 5.0 · similar
  6. D Dragon Red Warpaints Primer ΔE 5.5 · similar

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