What is the difference between Wazdakka Red and Flat Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Flat Red is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wazdakka Red vs Flat Red

Wazdakka Red

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a81a3a (estimate)

Flat Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.957
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9d2830 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Red is more muted, warmer than Wazdakka Red.

Can I use Flat Red instead of Wazdakka Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flat Red is more muted, warmer than Wazdakka Red.

Can I use Wazdakka Red instead of Flat Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wazdakka Red is more saturated, 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 Wazdakka Red on the colour wheel See Flat Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Wazdakka Red

Wazdakka Red vs Red (71.102)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Flat Red
Wazdakka Red vs Scarlet Red (72.012)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Flat Red
Wazdakka Red vs Sunset Red (70.802)Model Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Citadel paints close to Flat Red

Flat Red vs Mephiston RedColour: Base · ΔE 9, close · closer than Wazdakka Red
Flat Red vs Mephiston RedColour: Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Wazdakka Red
Flat Red vs Tuskgor FurColour: Layer · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Wazdakka Red equivalents · Flat Red equivalents