What is the difference between Orange Fluor and Fresh Blood?

ΔE 35 (loose). Fresh Blood is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Orange Fluor vs Fresh Blood

Orange Fluor

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: Glow Precision Fluor
Code: AK12113
Type: a fluorescent or effect paint
Swatch: #ea5d0a (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 34.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fresh Blood is much more muted, cooler than Orange Fluor.

Can I use Fresh Blood instead of Orange Fluor?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 35). Fresh Blood is much more muted, cooler than Orange Fluor.

Can I use Orange Fluor instead of Fresh Blood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Orange Fluor is much 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 Orange Fluor on the colour wheel See Fresh Blood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Orange Fluor

Orange Fluor vs Fluorescent Orange (72.156)Game Color Special FX / Fluo · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Fresh Blood
Orange Fluor vs Fluorescent Red (71.082)Model Air · ΔE 29, loose · closer than Fresh Blood
Orange Fluor vs Vomit (72.600)Game Color Special FX / Fluo · ΔE 33, loose · closer than Fresh Blood

Other AK Interactive paints close to Fresh Blood

Fresh Blood vs Fluorescent Magenta (AK11068)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Orange Fluor
Fresh Blood vs Red Fluor (AK12110)Glow Precision Fluor · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Orange Fluor
Fresh Blood vs Fluorescent Orange (AK11081)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 26, loose · closer than Orange Fluor

All matches: Orange Fluor equivalents · Fresh Blood equivalents