What is the difference between C.P. Cadmium Red Medium and Light Red?

ΔE 10 (close). Light Red is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

C.P. Cadmium Red Medium vs Light Red

C.P. Cadmium Red Medium

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d11d21 (estimate)

Light Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.086
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e83d26 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Red is a little lighter than C.P. Cadmium Red Medium.

Can I use Light Red instead of C.P. Cadmium Red Medium?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Light Red is a little lighter than C.P. Cadmium Red Medium.

Can I use C.P. Cadmium Red Medium instead of Light Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: C.P. Cadmium Red Medium is a little darker.

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 C.P. Cadmium Red Medium on the colour wheel See Light Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to C.P. Cadmium Red Medium

C.P. Cadmium Red Medium vs Scarlet Blood (72.106)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Red
C.P. Cadmium Red Medium vs Red RLM23 (71.003)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Red
C.P. Cadmium Red Medium vs Bloody Red (72.010)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Red

Other Golden paints close to Light Red

Light Red vs Cadmium Red Medium Hue (PR112 / PR5)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close · closer than C.P. Cadmium Red Medium
Light Red vs Pyrrole Red (PR254)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 9, close · closer than C.P. Cadmium Red Medium
Light Red vs Naphthol Red Light (PR112)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: C.P. Cadmium Red Medium equivalents · Light Red equivalents