Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)
The Army Painter · Quickshade Washes Set
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The closest match to The Army Painter Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Light Tone is a dark, saturated red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Vallejo Ferrari Red, ΔE 1.2. 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
This is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)?
Vallejo Ferrari Red is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Liquitex Quinacridone Red (ΔE 2.0) and AK Interactive Bordeaux Red (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Ferrari Red, ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Vallejo
- A Ferrari Red Model Air 71.085 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Bloody Red Surface Primer 70.632 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Liquitex
- B Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix 112 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Cadmium-free Red Medium Heavy Body Acrylix 894 ΔE 3.8 · close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Bordeaux Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11094 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Matt Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11092 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Citadel
- B Astorath Red Dry ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Guilliman Flesh Contrast ΔE 3.7 · close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Vampire Red Fantasy Range 129 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Russet Red Military Range 237 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mission Models
- B Dark Rust 1 MMW-001 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Standard Rust MMW-005 ΔE 4.6 · close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mig
- B Washable Rust Acrylics AMIG0109 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Blood Red Acrylics AMIG0121 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Traffic Red RAL 3020 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A007 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Porsche Lava Orange Mr Paint - Car MRP-C038 ΔE 3.8 · close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Warcolours
- B Brown 2 Layer paints ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Red 2 Layer paints ΔE 5.0 · similar
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Carmine Red Aqueous Hobby Color H367 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Metallic Red Acrysion 75 ΔE 4.6 · close
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in FolkArt
- C Lipstick Red Acrylic Colors 437 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Red Light Pure™ Artist Pigment 6390 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Light Tone (Quickshade Washes Set) equivalent in Duncan
- C Hellspawn Red Wave 2 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Rust Orange Wave 1 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Light Tone in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Stuff World | #BB2320 | Red Opulence Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 4.0 |
| P3 | #A53331 | Broken Brick Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.1 |
| Italeri | #C13027 | Red Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #A42A18 | Sweet Potato Colors | ΔE 4.3 |
| Foundry | #B31E18 | Madder Red Light Paint System | ΔE 4.4 |
| Golden | #963F2C | Mars Yellow OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 4.4 |
| Scale75 | #BE331E | Aldebaran Red Scale Color Range | ΔE 4.5 |
| Humbrol | #B21F25 | Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 4.6 |
| Creature | #974634 | Shadow Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.8 |
| Reaper | #B24A41 | Rust Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.9 |
| Acrilex | #AC2F33 | Vermelho Escarlate Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Revell | #9F2927 | Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 5.1 |
| Tamiya | #99472F | Flat earth Lacquer Paint | ΔE 5.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #9E4C3F | Life On Mars | ΔE 5.1 |
| Arteza | #99322D | Pearl Strawberry Red Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Monument | #AD4E32 | Burnt Sienna Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.5 |
| Tom Color | #C70D22 | Vermelho Gorro de Saci | ΔE 6.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #D02C2A | Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 6.9 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- A Fairy Dust Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Abomination Gore Warpaints ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Vampire Garments D&D Undead Set ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Wet Mud Warpaints ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Glistening Blood D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Fur Brown Warpaints Primer ΔE 4.3 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot