What is the difference between Black Red and Burnt Umber?

ΔE 6 (close). Burnt Umber is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Black Red vs Burnt Umber

Black Red

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11098
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a211b (estimate)

Burnt Umber

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.941
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #412d28 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Burnt Umber is a little lighter than Black Red.

Can I use Burnt Umber instead of Black Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Burnt Umber is a little lighter than Black Red.

Can I use Black Red instead of Burnt Umber?

The same difference applies the other way round: Black Red is a little darker.

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 Black Red on the colour wheel See Burnt Umber on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Black Red

Black Red vs Olive Brown (70.889)Model Color · ΔE 7, close
Black Red vs Black Red (70.859)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Black Red vs Dark Rust (70.771)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Burnt Umber

Burnt Umber vs Afro Shadow (AK11276)Color Punch · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Black Red
Burnt Umber vs S.C.C. No.1A Very Dark Brown (AK11384)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Black Red
Burnt Umber vs NATO Brown (AK11359)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Black Red

All matches: Black Red equivalents · Burnt Umber equivalents