What is the difference between Wild Rider Red and Salmon Skin?

ΔE 6 (close). Salmon Skin is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wild Rider Red vs Salmon Skin

Wild Rider Red

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e83a2a (estimate)

Salmon Skin

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Signature Series
Code: Signature
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ed4939 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Salmon Skin is more muted than Wild Rider Red.

Can I use Salmon Skin instead of Wild Rider Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Salmon Skin is more muted than Wild Rider Red.

Can I use Wild Rider Red instead of Salmon Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wild Rider Red is more saturated.

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 Wild Rider Red on the colour wheel See Salmon Skin on the colour wheel

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Wild Rider Red

Wild Rider Red vs Scarlet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Salmon Skin
Wild Rider Red vs The Red (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Salmon Skin
Wild Rider Red vs Toluidine Red (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Salmon Skin

Other Citadel paints close to Salmon Skin

Salmon Skin vs Angron Red ClearColour: Air · ΔE 10, close
Salmon Skin vs Evil Sunz ScarletColour: Layer · ΔE 14, fair
Salmon Skin vs Evil Sunz ScarletColour: Air · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Wild Rider Red equivalents · Salmon Skin equivalents