Paint Equivalents

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Primer · CP3018

#952526 · L*33.7 a*46.1 b*27.7

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

The Army Painter Dragon Red is a dark, saturated red. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Blood Red at ΔE 0.8. 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 The Army Painter Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer)?

Scale75 Blood Red is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Dark Red (ΔE 1.0) and Tom Color Vermelho Beterraba (ΔE 1.5).

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

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

Shop The Army Painter Dragon Red Shop Scale75 Blood Red Shop Scale75 Scale Color Range set

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Blood Red Scale Color Range ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. B Mayhem Red Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Dark Red Mecha Color 69.011 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Carmine Red Model Color 70.908 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Vermelho Beterraba TCUP-08 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. D Marrone Mimetico 1 TC-0185 ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Red Fs11136 Mr Color 327 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Red Fs11136 A Aqueous Hobby Color H327 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Lipstick Red Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 7270 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Christmas Red Acrylic Colors 958 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Carmine Red Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Crimson Acrylics - Gloss 20 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt 153 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Hot Ember Gloss™ 20264E ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Candy Apple Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21958E ΔE 4.1 · close

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Bright Red Shade Paint System 15A ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. D British Redcoat Shade Paint System 68A ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Arteza

  1. B Pearl Strawberry Red Acrylic Pearl Paints A222 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Crimson Red Acrylic Premium Paints A206 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Arteza conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Heraldic Red Master Series Paints Bones 9402 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Asmodeus Red Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89507 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Dragon Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Monument

  1. B Transparent Red Pro Acrylic Paints 047 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C AdeptiCon Spray-Team Red Oxide Pro Acrylic Primer S37 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Dragon Red in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #8A191D Cadmium Red Dark OPEN Acrylics ΔE 3.0
Mission Models #993128 Standard Rust ΔE 3.0
Liquitex #95071D Naphthol Crimson Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.1
Italeri #A71E29 Insigna Red Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.4
Warcolours #A71A22 Red 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.5
Green Stuff World #8E1316 Cutthroat Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.7
Mr. Paint #A82125 Rosso Mr Paint ΔE 3.7
Citadel #8A2A1E Spiritstone Red Technical ΔE 3.8
AK Interactive #852F25 Rust Surface Primer Primer (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.0
Duncan #961714 Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 ΔE 4.1
P3 #A53331 Broken Brick Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.4
Acrilex #AC2F33 Vermelho Escarlate Paints ΔE 5.3
Creature #801C15 Burnt Red Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.3
Kimera Kolors #A82135 The Red Pure Pigments ΔE 5.4
Mig #AC2B25 Blood Red Acrylics ΔE 5.5
Coat d'Arms #B32E1F Vampire Red Fantasy Range ΔE 8.0
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 9.0
Tamiya #99472F Flat earth Lacquer Paint ΔE 9.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Slaughter Red Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Cambion Crimson D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.5 · very close
  3. B Resplendent Red Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.7 · very close
  4. B Vampire Red Warpaints ΔE 3.4 · very close
  5. C Blood Red Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.9 · close
  6. C Pure Red Warpaints Air ΔE 3.9 · close

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