What is the difference between Blood Moon Red and Scarlet?

ΔE 10 (close). Scarlet is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blood Moon Red vs Scarlet

Blood Moon Red

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0056
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #df4a4c (estimate)

Scarlet

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.817
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c03734 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Scarlet is a little darker than Blood Moon Red.

Can I use Scarlet instead of Blood Moon Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Scarlet is a little darker than Blood Moon Red.

Can I use Blood Moon Red instead of Scarlet?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blood Moon Red is a little lighter.

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 Moon Red on the colour wheel See Scarlet on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Blood Moon Red

Blood Moon Red vs Amaranth Red (70.829)Model Color · ΔE 10, close
Blood Moon Red vs Vermilion (70.909)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Blood Moon Red vs Magenta Blood (74.021)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 12, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Scarlet

Scarlet vs Red (IONIC-0054)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Blood Moon Red
Scarlet vs Carmine (ATOM-20032)ATOM · ΔE 9, close · closer than Blood Moon Red
Scarlet vs Rotbraun RAL 8012 (ATOM-20046)ATOM · ΔE 9, close · closer than Blood Moon Red

All matches: Blood Moon Red equivalents · Scarlet equivalents