What is the difference between Chocolate (Chipping) and Traitor Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Traitor Red is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Chocolate (Chipping) vs Traitor Red

Chocolate (Chipping)

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Intense
Code: AK11113
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #291809 (estimate)

Traitor Red

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a2420 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Traitor Red is a little lighter, cooler than Chocolate (Chipping).

Can I use Traitor Red instead of Chocolate (Chipping)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Traitor Red is a little lighter, cooler than Chocolate (Chipping).

Can I use Chocolate (Chipping) instead of Traitor Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Chocolate (Chipping) is a little darker, 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 Chocolate (Chipping) on the colour wheel See Traitor Red on the colour wheel

Other Army Painter paints close to Chocolate (Chipping)

Chocolate (Chipping) vs Dark RustWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 7, close · closer than Traitor Red
Chocolate (Chipping) vs Brigandine BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close
Chocolate (Chipping) vs Hardened CarapaceWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 9, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Traitor Red

Traitor Red vs Black Red (AK11098)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate (Chipping)
Traitor Red vs RAL 8017 Rotbraun (AK11330)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate (Chipping)
Traitor Red vs Waffen Red Brown (AK11419)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chocolate (Chipping)

All matches: Chocolate (Chipping) equivalents · Traitor Red equivalents