What is the difference between Fluorescent Orange and Fresh Blood?

ΔE 26 (loose). Fresh Blood is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fluorescent Orange vs Fresh Blood

Fluorescent Orange

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11081
Type: a fluorescent or effect paint
Swatch: #f2612c (estimate)

Fresh Blood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color Special FX / Fluo
Code: 72.601
Type: a fluorescent or effect paint
Swatch: #f14e55 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 26.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fresh Blood is more muted, cooler than Fluorescent Orange.

Can I use Fresh Blood instead of Fluorescent Orange?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 26). Fresh Blood is more muted, cooler than Fluorescent Orange.

Can I use Fluorescent Orange instead of Fresh Blood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fluorescent Orange is more saturated, 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 Fluorescent Orange on the colour wheel See Fresh Blood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fluorescent Orange

Fluorescent Orange vs Fluorescent Orange (72.156)Game Color Special FX / Fluo · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Fresh Blood
Fluorescent Orange vs Fluorescent Red (71.082)Model Air · ΔE 20, loose · closer than Fresh Blood
Fluorescent Orange vs Fluorescent Red (72.157)Game Color Special FX / Fluo · ΔE 30, loose

Other AK Interactive paints close to Fresh Blood

Fresh Blood vs Fluorescent Magenta (AK11068)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Fluorescent Orange
Fresh Blood vs Red Fluor (AK12110)Glow Precision Fluor · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Fluorescent Orange
Fresh Blood vs Pink Fluor (AK12109)Glow Precision Fluor · ΔE 29, loose

All matches: Fluorescent Orange equivalents · Fresh Blood equivalents