Paint Equivalents

Bright Red

Vallejo · Premium Airbrush Color · 62.005

#9D2723 · L*35.5 a*47.9 b*32.0

The closest match to Vallejo Bright Red in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo Bright Red is a dark, saturated red. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Revell Fiery Red at ΔE 0.8. 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

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 Vallejo Bright Red?

Revell Fiery Red is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Bright Red in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Foundry Bright Red Shade (ΔE 1.5) and The Army Painter Cambion Crimson (ΔE 1.8).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Bright Red?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is Red, RAL 3000, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

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Bright Red equivalent in Revell

  1. A Fiery Red Email Color - Silk ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable

Full Vallejo → Revell conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Bright Red Shade Paint System 15A ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B British Redcoat Shade Paint System 68A ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Cambion Crimson D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Abomination Gore Warpaints WP1401 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Vallejo → The Army Painter conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Standard Rust MMW-005 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. A Transparent Light Rust 1 MMW-003 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Vallejo → Mission Models conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Red Fs11136 A Aqueous Hobby Color H327 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Red Fs11136 Mr Color 327 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Rosso Mr Paint MRP-311 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Red Chassis Covers SU-27, SU-35, SU-37 Mr Paint MRP-042 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Hot Ember Gloss™ 20264E ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Candy Apple Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21958E ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Vallejo → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Red 3 Layer paints ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. C Brown 2 Layer paints ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Vallejo → Warcolours conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Inktense Red Inktensity Range ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Blood Red Scale Color Range ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Vallejo → Scale75 conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Arteza

  1. B Pearl Strawberry Red Acrylic Pearl Paints A222 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Crimson Red Acrylic Premium Paints A206 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Vallejo → Arteza conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Heraldic Red Master Series Paints Bones 9402 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Carnage Red Master Series Paints Core Colors 9135 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Vallejo → Reaper conversion chart

Bright Red equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Red, RAL 3000 Real Colors - Standard RC006 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Bordeaux Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11094 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

Bright Red in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tom Color #971A22 Vermelho Beterraba ΔE 3.0
Liquitex #A61816 Pyrrole Red Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.1
Italeri #A71E29 Insigna Red Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.1
Mig #AC2B25 Blood Red Acrylics ΔE 3.3
Golden #A10614 Naphthol Red Medium Heavy Body ΔE 3.3
Duncan #961714 Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 ΔE 3.3
P3 #A53331 Broken Brick Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.4
Humbrol #93161E Crimson Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 3.6
FolkArt #982029 Lipstick Red Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 3.7
Citadel #8A2A1E Spiritstone Red Technical ΔE 4.0
Monument #A90F0F Bold Pyrrole Red Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.3
Green Stuff World #882A1E Primer Red Matt Surface ΔE 4.3
Acrilex #AC2F33 Vermelho Escarlate Paints ΔE 4.6
Coat d'Arms #B32E1F Vampire Red Fantasy Range ΔE 5.7
Kimera Kolors #A82135 The Red Pure Pigments ΔE 6.2
Creature #801C15 Burnt Red Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.3
Tamiya #99472F Flat earth Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.8
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 8.1

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. A Flat Red Model Color ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Carmine Red Model Color ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  3. B Country Red Arte Deco ΔE 2.1 · very close
  4. B Seraph Red Xpress Color Intense ΔE 2.6 · very close
  5. B Plasma Red Xpress Color ΔE 2.8 · very close
  6. B Dark Red Mecha Color ΔE 3.2 · very close

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