What is the difference between Beast Brown and Fire Red?

ΔE 7 (close). Fire Red is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Beast Brown vs Fire Red

Beast Brown

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: Color Punch
Code: AK11278
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #723425 (estimate)

Fire Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.084
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b332f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fire Red is cooler than Beast Brown.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Beast Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Fire Red is cooler than Beast Brown.

Can I use Beast Brown instead of Fire Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Beast Brown is warmer.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Beast Brown on the colour wheel See Fire Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Beast Brown

Beast Brown vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 8, close
Beast Brown vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Beast Brown vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 10, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Shadow Flesh (AK11404)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 6, close · closer than Beast Brown
Fire Red vs Crimson Red (AK17031)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 10, close
Fire Red vs RAL 8012 Rotbraun (AK11328)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Beast Brown equivalents · Fire Red equivalents