What is the difference between Blood Red and Bloody Red?

ΔE 10 (close). Bloody Red is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blood Red vs Bloody Red

Blood Red

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11089
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c82e2a (estimate)

Bloody Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.010
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #df2836 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bloody Red is a little lighter, more saturated than Blood Red.

Can I use Bloody Red instead of Blood Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Bloody Red is a little lighter, more saturated than Blood Red.

Can I use Blood Red instead of Bloody Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blood Red is a little darker, more muted.

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 Blood Red on the colour wheel See Bloody Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Blood Red

Blood Red vs Red RLM23 (71.003)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Bloody Red
Blood Red vs Vermilion (70.909)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Bloody Red
Blood Red vs Clear Orange (70.956)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bloody Red

Other AK Interactive paints close to Bloody Red

Bloody Red vs Clear Red (AK11213)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 7, close · closer than Blood Red
Bloody Red vs Sun Red (AK11279)Color Punch · ΔE 7, close · closer than Blood Red
Bloody Red vs Deep Red (AK11088)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 8, close · closer than Blood Red

All matches: Blood Red equivalents · Bloody Red equivalents