What is the difference between Bright Red and Frenzy Orange?

ΔE 20 (loose). Frenzy Orange is much more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bright Red vs Frenzy Orange

Bright Red

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #e8583c (estimate)

Frenzy Orange

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN37
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #e95d0b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Frenzy Orange is much more saturated, warmer than Bright Red.

Can I use Frenzy Orange instead of Bright Red?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 20). Frenzy Orange is much more saturated, warmer than Bright Red.

Can I use Bright Red instead of Frenzy Orange?

The same difference applies the other way round: Bright Red is much more muted, cooler.

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 Bright Red on the colour wheel See Frenzy Orange on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Bright Red

Bright Red vs Salmon Fury (SIN39)Instant Colors · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Frenzy Orange
Bright Red vs Life Red (SIN05)Instant Colors · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Frenzy Orange
Bright Red vs Evil Root (SIN19)Instant Colors · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Frenzy Orange

Other Army Painter paints close to Frenzy Orange

Frenzy Orange vs Nuclear SunriseSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Bright Red
Frenzy Orange vs Fire Giant OrangeSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Bright Red
Frenzy Orange vs Blood RedSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Bright Red

All matches: Bright Red equivalents · Frenzy Orange equivalents