What is the difference between Familiar Pink and Fluid Pink?

ΔE 28 (loose). Fluid Pink is noticeably darker, much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Familiar Pink vs Fluid Pink

Familiar Pink

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #e0288a (estimate)

Fluid Pink

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.459
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #9c3581 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 28.0, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fluid Pink is noticeably darker, much more muted, cooler than Familiar Pink.

Can I use Fluid Pink instead of Familiar Pink?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 28). Fluid Pink is noticeably darker, much more muted, cooler than Familiar Pink.

Can I use Familiar Pink instead of Fluid Pink?

The same difference applies the other way round: Familiar Pink is noticeably lighter, 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 Familiar Pink on the colour wheel See Fluid Pink on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Familiar Pink

Familiar Pink vs Cardinal Purple (72.408)Xpress Color · ΔE 43, loose
Familiar Pink vs Plasma Red (72.406)Xpress Color · ΔE 47, loose
Familiar Pink vs Fairy Skin (72.457)Xpress Color · ΔE 51, loose

Other Army Painter paints close to Fluid Pink

Fluid Pink vs Moonlake CoralSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Familiar Pink
Fluid Pink vs Moody MauveSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Familiar Pink
Fluid Pink vs Purple AlchemySpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Familiar Pink

All matches: Familiar Pink equivalents · Fluid Pink equivalents