What is the difference between Blood Red Skies and Bloody Red?

ΔE 7 (close). Bloody Red is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blood Red Skies vs Bloody Red

Blood Red Skies

Brand: Bear Cavalry
Range: Bear Cavalry Paints
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f54147 (estimate)

Bloody Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.010
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #df2836 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bloody Red is a little darker than Blood Red Skies.

Can I use Bloody Red instead of Blood Red Skies?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Bloody Red is a little darker than Blood Red Skies.

Can I use Blood Red Skies instead of Bloody Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blood Red Skies is a little lighter.

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 Blood Red Skies on the colour wheel See Bloody Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Blood Red Skies

Blood Red Skies vs Magenta Blood (74.021)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bloody Red
Blood Red Skies vs Fire Flame (74.024)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 11, fair
Blood Red Skies vs Scarlet Blood (72.106)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other Bear Cavalry paints close to Bloody Red

Bloody Red vs The Red BaronBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 10, close
Bloody Red vs Mindcrime MagentaBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 19, loose
Bloody Red vs SekigaharaBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 25, loose

All matches: Blood Red Skies equivalents · Bloody Red equivalents