What is the difference between Word Bearers Red and Fire Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Fire Red is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Word Bearers Red vs Fire Red

Word Bearers Red

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a1a22 (estimate)

Fire Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.084
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b332f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fire Red is a little lighter, warmer than Word Bearers Red.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Word Bearers Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Fire Red is a little lighter, warmer than Word Bearers Red.

Can I use Word Bearers Red instead of Fire Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Word Bearers Red is a little darker, 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 Word Bearers Red on the colour wheel See Fire Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Word Bearers Red

Word Bearers Red vs Red (70.926)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Fire Red
Word Bearers Red vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Fire Red
Word Bearers Red vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair

Other Citadel paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Bloodreaver FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 7, close · closer than Word Bearers Red
Fire Red vs Mournfang BrownColour: Base · ΔE 9, close · closer than Word Bearers Red
Fire Red vs Mournfang BrownColour: Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Word Bearers Red

All matches: Word Bearers Red equivalents · Fire Red equivalents