What is the difference between Crusted Sore and Nocturnal Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Nocturnal Red is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Crusted Sore vs Nocturnal Red

Crusted Sore

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #712836 (estimate)

Nocturnal Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.111
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #622122 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Nocturnal Red is a little darker, warmer than Crusted Sore.

Can I use Nocturnal Red instead of Crusted Sore?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Nocturnal Red is a little darker, warmer than Crusted Sore.

Can I use Crusted Sore instead of Nocturnal Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Crusted Sore is a little lighter, 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 Crusted Sore on the colour wheel See Nocturnal Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Crusted Sore

Crusted Sore vs Red (70.926)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Nocturnal Red
Crusted Sore vs Burnt Red (70.814)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Crusted Sore vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Nocturnal Red

Nocturnal Red vs Beret Maroon (WP4059P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 6, close · closer than Crusted Sore
Nocturnal Red vs Camo Brown (WP4040P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close · closer than Crusted Sore
Nocturnal Red vs Basilisk RedWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Crusted Sore equivalents · Nocturnal Red equivalents