Paint Equivalents

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Primer · CP3006

#C3231E · L*42.6 a*60.5 b*44.3

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

The Army Painter Pure Red is a dark, vivid red. 10 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Naphthol Red at ΔE 0.9. 5 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 Pure Red (Warpaints Primer)?

Vallejo Naphthol Red is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Carnage Red (ΔE 1.1) and AK Interactive Blood Red (ΔE 1.1).

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

The nearest Vallejo paint is Naphthol Red, ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Pure Red Shop Vallejo Naphthol Red Shop Vallejo Arte Deco set

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Naphthol Red Arte Deco 85.032 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Scarlet Blood Game Color 72.106 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Carnage Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Red Opulence Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Blood Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11089 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A Clear Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11213 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Mica red Lacquer Paint LP-42 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. C Italian red Lacquer Paint LP-21 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A MS Yellow Gundam Color Spray SG4 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Character Red Mr Color 108 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Cadmium Red Medium Heavy Body 1100 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Cadmium Red Medium OPEN Acrylics 7100 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. A Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix 294 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Transparent Orange Heavy Body Acrylix 035 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Antares Red Scale Color Range ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Health Red Instant Colors Range ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Red Acrylic Paint 4605AP ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Guards Red Acrylic Paint 4632AP ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A RLM 23 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A051 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B A Ii Kr Red Mr Paint MRP-025 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays S220 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Scarlet Acrylics - Matt 60 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Pure Red (Warpaints Primer) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Luminous Red Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Italian Red Email Color - Gloss ΔE 3.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Pure Red in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #C01411 Evil Sunz Scarlet Air ΔE 2.2
Mig #BD2615 Red Acrylics ΔE 2.4
Arteza #C31723 Carmine Red Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 2.5
Tom Color #C70D22 Vermelho Gorro de Saci ΔE 2.7
Duncan #D21116 Demon Red Wave 1 ΔE 2.8
Warcolours #C01F27 Red 2 Layer paints ΔE 2.9
Coat d'Arms #B32E1F Vampire Red Fantasy Range ΔE 3.0
Foundry #B31E18 Madder Red Light Paint System ΔE 3.5
Kimera Kolors #D02C2A Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 3.6
Reaper #BD0004 Rach Red Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.0
Creature #D00903 Bold Pyrrole Red Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.1
Acrilex #D52A2B Vermelho Paints ΔE 4.5
P3 #B12024 Skorne Red Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.6
FolkArt #AC2F2E Lipstick Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.7
Mission Models #C3122F Red ΔE 6.0
Apple Barrel #A42A18 Sweet Potato Colors ΔE 6.0
Monument #A90F0F Bold Pyrrole Red Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.2
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 9.6

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Archangel Red Warpaints Air ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Orange Magma Warpaints Air ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  3. A Pure Red Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  4. B Pure Red Warpaints ΔE 2.1 · very close
  5. B Glistening Blood D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash ΔE 2.9 · very close
  6. B Dragonfire Red D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.2 · very close

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