Heavy Red
Vallejo · Game Color · 72.141
#8D363C · L*35.3 a*37.5 b*15.6
The closest match to Vallejo Heavy Red in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Heavy Red is a dark, saturated pink-red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: FolkArt Engine Red, ΔE 1.3. 18 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 Vallejo Heavy Red?
FolkArt Engine Red is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Heavy Red in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Acrilex Cereja (ΔE 2.7) and Citadel Tuskgor Fur (ΔE 3.2).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Heavy Red?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Shadow Flesh, ΔE 5.3 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Heavy Red Shop FolkArt Engine Red (Acrylic Colors) Shop FolkArt Acrylic Colors set
Heavy Red equivalent in FolkArt
- A Engine Red Acrylic Colors 436 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Napthol Crimson Acrylic Colors 435 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
Heavy Red equivalent in Acrilex
- B Cereja Paints 826 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Arándano Paints 914 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Heavy Red equivalent in Citadel
- B Tuskgor Fur Air ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Red Gore Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.0 · close
Heavy Red equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Wyvern Fury Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Resplendent Red Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.1 · close
Heavy Red equivalent in Reaper
- C Deep Red Master Series Paints Core Colors 9002 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Asmodeus Red Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89507 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Heavy Red equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Russet Acrysion N33 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Russet Aqueous Hobby Color H33 ΔE 4.2 · close
Heavy Red equivalent in Monument
- C AdeptiCon Spray-Team Red Oxide Pro Acrylic Primer S37 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Ninjon Dark Magenta Pro Signature Series S10 ΔE 4.8 · close
Heavy Red equivalent in Duncan
- C Emperor Red Wave 3 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Asmodeus Red Wave 2 ΔE 4.8 · close
Heavy Red equivalent in Golden
- C Alizarin Crimson Hue Heavy Body 1450 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Alizarin Crimson Hue OPEN Acrylics 7450 ΔE 4.1 · close
Heavy Red equivalent in Italeri
- C Rust Acrylic Paint 4675AP ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Marrone Mimetico Acrylic Paint 4640AP ΔE 4.5 · close
Heavy Red equivalent in Arteza
- C Bordeaux Red Acrylic Premium Paints A403 ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Pearl Strawberry Red Acrylic Pearl Paints A222 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Heavy Red equivalent in Tom Color
- C Marrone Mimetico 1 TC-0185 ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Vermelho Beterraba TCUP-08 ΔE 7.0 · similar
Heavy Red in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundry | #763032 | Wine Stain Red Shade Paint System | ΔE 5.0 |
| Scale75 | #88424D | Garnet Alchemy Metal N Alchemy Range | ΔE 5.2 |
| AK Interactive | #90433B | Shadow Flesh Figures (3rd Gen) | ΔE 5.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #A73847 | Honeysuckle Pink Colors | ΔE 5.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A82135 | The Red Pure Pigments | ΔE 5.9 |
| Liquitex | #7D1E26 | Cadmium-free Red Deep Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.2 |
| P3 | #A53331 | Broken Brick Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.8 |
| Revell | #894E4A | Rust Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.0 |
| Mission Models | #993128 | Standard Rust | ΔE 7.2 |
| Warcolours | #911D42 | Pink 4 Layer paints | ΔE 7.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #7E4941 | Rat Brown Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.6 |
| Humbrol | #93161E | Crimson Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 7.7 |
| Mr. Paint | #6F3E37 | Signal Brown RAL 8002 Mr Paint | ΔE 8.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #882A1E | Primer Red Matt Surface | ΔE 8.3 |
| Tamiya | #7B4538 | Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint | ΔE 8.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #9E4C3F | Life On Mars | ΔE 8.8 |
| Creature | #974634 | Shadow Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.1 |
| Mig | #AC2B25 | Blood Red Acrylics | ΔE 9.7 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- B Succubus Skin Game Color ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Autumn Red Arte Deco ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Velvet Red Xpress Color ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Gory Red Hobby Paint ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Sanctuary Red Nocturna Models ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Dark Red Mecha Color ΔE 5.7 · similar
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