What is the difference between Pyrrole Red Dark and Scarlet Blood?

ΔE 7 (close). Scarlet Blood is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pyrrole Red Dark vs Scarlet Blood

Pyrrole Red Dark

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c20b15 (estimate)

Scarlet Blood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.106
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d71626 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Scarlet Blood is a little lighter than Pyrrole Red Dark.

Can I use Scarlet Blood instead of Pyrrole Red Dark?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Scarlet Blood is a little lighter than Pyrrole Red Dark.

Can I use Pyrrole Red Dark instead of Scarlet Blood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pyrrole Red Dark 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 Pyrrole Red Dark on the colour wheel See Scarlet Blood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pyrrole Red Dark

Pyrrole Red Dark vs Red RLM23 (71.003)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Scarlet Blood
Pyrrole Red Dark vs Bloody Red (72.010)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair
Pyrrole Red Dark vs Light Red (71.086)Model Air · ΔE 13, fair

Other Golden paints close to Scarlet Blood

Scarlet Blood vs C.P. Cadmium Red MediumHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Pyrrole Red Dark
Scarlet Blood vs Naphthol Red Medium (PR5)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pyrrole Red Dark
Scarlet Blood vs Quinacridone Red (PV19)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pyrrole Red Dark

All matches: Pyrrole Red Dark equivalents · Scarlet Blood equivalents