Paint Equivalents

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Tone · WP1470

#B03812 · L*41.4 a*47.2 b*47.2

The closest match to The Army Painter Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Light Tone is a dark, vivid red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Golden Transparent Red Iron Oxide, ΔE 1.9. 17 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 The Army Painter Light Tone (Warpaints Tone)?

Golden Transparent Red Iron Oxide is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) in any other range, at ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Pure Orange (ΔE 2.2) and Apple Barrel Harvest Orange (ΔE 2.7).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Light Tone (Warpaints Tone)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Georgia Clay, ΔE 3.3 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Light Tone Shop Golden Transparent Red Iron Oxide (Heavy Body) Shop Golden Heavy Body set

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Transparent Red Iron Oxide Heavy Body 1385 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Quinacridone Red Fluid 2310 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Pure Orange Acrylic Colors 628 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Pure Orange Shiny™ 2703 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Harvest Orange Colors 20589 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Sweet Potato Colors 21381 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Metallic Copper Metallic paints ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Burnt Sienna Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Warcolours conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Porsche Lava Orange Mr Paint - Car MRP-C038 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Red Rust Mr Paint MRP-360 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Bronzed Skin Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9259 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Cinnamon Red Master Series Paints Bones 9404 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Georgia Clay Arte Deco 85.031 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Copper Arte Deco 81.171 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Macharius Solar Orange Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C Astorath Red Dry ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. C Matt Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11092 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Penetrating Red Ink (3rd Gen) AK11227 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Aldebaran Red Scale Color Range ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Health Red Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Creature

  1. C Orange Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-050 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Bold Pyrrole Red Monument Pro Acryl MPA-003 ΔE 6.5 · similar

Light Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Mig

  1. C Red Acrylics AMIG0049 ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. D Washable Rust Acrylics AMIG0109 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Light Tone in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Coat d'Arms #B32E1F Vampire Red Fantasy Range ΔE 4.9
Monument #A22207 Transparent Orange Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.3
P3 #9E4923 Bloodstone Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.3
Humbrol #AD5128 Leather Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.9
Foundry #B60002 Scarlet Shade Paint System ΔE 6.0
Green Stuff World #CB160F Hellfire Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.2
Liquitex #C42C21 Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.2
Tom Color #CC0809 Vermelho Puro ΔE 6.4
Tamiya #993F06 Metallic brown Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 6.5
Mission Models #AE0001 Transparent Red ΔE 6.6
Italeri #C13027 Red Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.8
Arteza #AE0207 Cochineal Red Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.9
Mr. Hobby #B6000D Red (IJNircraftmarking) Mr Color ΔE 7.0
Duncan #B94D37 Rust Orange Wave 1 ΔE 7.1
Revell #BF111B Luminous Red Email Color - Silk ΔE 7.6
Acrilex #C24137 Telha Paints ΔE 8.7
Kimera Kolors #D02C2A Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 9.0
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 9.4

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Fur Brown Warpaints ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Minotaur Hide D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.7 · close
  3. C Fire Giant Orange Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.9 · close
  4. C Lava Orange Warpaints Air ΔE 4.0 · close
  5. C Fairy Dust Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 4.4 · close
  6. D Ruddy Fur Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 5.4 · similar

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