What is the difference between Slaughter Red and Glorious Magenta?

ΔE 28 (loose). Glorious Magenta is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Slaughter Red vs Glorious Magenta

Slaughter Red

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #9a1a2a (estimate)

Glorious Magenta

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4219
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #812f4d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 28.3, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Glorious Magenta is much more muted, cooler than Slaughter Red.

Can I use Glorious Magenta instead of Slaughter Red?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 28). Glorious Magenta is much more muted, cooler than Slaughter Red.

Can I use Slaughter Red instead of Glorious Magenta?

The same difference applies the other way round: Slaughter Red is 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 Slaughter Red on the colour wheel See Glorious Magenta on the colour wheel

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Slaughter Red

Slaughter Red vs Red Cloak (4217)Dipping Inks · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Glorious Magenta
Slaughter Red vs Red Opulence (4248)Dipping Inks · ΔE 23, loose · closer than Glorious Magenta
Slaughter Red vs Goth Skin (4236)Dipping Inks · ΔE 28, loose · closer than Glorious Magenta

Other Army Painter paints close to Glorious Magenta

Glorious Magenta vs Murder SceneSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 9, close · closer than Slaughter Red
Glorious Magenta vs Purple AlchemySpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Slaughter Red
Glorious Magenta vs Dusk RedSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Slaughter Red

All matches: Slaughter Red equivalents · Glorious Magenta equivalents