What is the difference between Wyrmling Red and Primary Red?

ΔE 15 (loose). Primary Red is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wyrmling Red vs Primary Red

Wyrmling Red

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d83848 (estimate)

Primary Red

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d62929 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Primary Red is more saturated, warmer than Wyrmling Red.

Can I use Primary Red instead of Wyrmling Red?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 15). Primary Red is more saturated, warmer than Wyrmling Red.

Can I use Wyrmling Red instead of Primary Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wyrmling Red is 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 Wyrmling Red on the colour wheel See Primary Red on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Wyrmling Red

Wyrmling Red vs Crimson (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 8, close · closer than Primary Red
Wyrmling Red vs Baal Crimson (SFG04)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 9, close · closer than Primary Red
Wyrmling Red vs Blood Red (SC36)Scalecolor · ΔE 16, loose

Other Army Painter paints close to Primary Red

Primary Red vs Angelic RedWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Wyrmling Red
Primary Red vs Mars RedWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Wyrmling Red
Primary Red vs Legendary RedWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 7, close · closer than Wyrmling Red

All matches: Wyrmling Red equivalents · Primary Red equivalents