What is the difference between Red Oxide and Nocturnal Red?

ΔE 17 (loose). Nocturnal Red is noticeably darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Oxide vs Nocturnal Red

Red Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PR101
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #873325 (estimate)

Nocturnal Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.111
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #622122 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 16.8, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Nocturnal Red is noticeably darker, more muted, cooler than Red Oxide.

Can I use Nocturnal Red instead of Red Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Nocturnal Red is noticeably darker, more muted, cooler than Red Oxide.

Can I use Red Oxide instead of Nocturnal Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Oxide is noticeably lighter, more saturated, warmer.

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 Red Oxide on the colour wheel See Nocturnal Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Oxide

Red Oxide vs Dark Flesh Tone (72.044)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Nocturnal Red
Red Oxide vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Nocturnal Red
Red Oxide vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 10, close · closer than Nocturnal Red

Other Golden paints close to Nocturnal Red

Nocturnal Red vs Violet Oxide (PR101)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Red Oxide
Nocturnal Red vs Permanent MaroonHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, close · closer than Red Oxide
Nocturnal Red vs Burnt Umber Light (PBr7)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Red Oxide

All matches: Red Oxide equivalents · Nocturnal Red equivalents