What is the difference between Chipping and Evil Red?

ΔE 8 (close). Evil Red is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Chipping vs Evil Red

Chipping

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20064
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #200b0e (estimate)

Evil Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.112
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #291621 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Evil Red is a little lighter, cooler than Chipping.

Can I use Evil Red instead of Chipping?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Evil Red is a little lighter, cooler than Chipping.

Can I use Chipping instead of Evil Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: 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 Chipping on the colour wheel See Evil Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Chipping

Chipping vs Dark Rust (70.771)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Chipping vs Black (70.950)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Chipping vs Gloss Black (70.861)Model Color · ΔE 10, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Evil Red

Evil Red vs Burnt Brown Red (AMMO.F-553)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close · closer than Chipping
Evil Red vs Schwarzgrau RLM 66 (ATOM-20158)ATOM · ΔE 8, close
Evil Red vs Dark Brown (AMMO.F-533)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Chipping equivalents · Evil Red equivalents