What is the difference between Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Bright Orange?

ΔE 8 (close). Bright Orange is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Bright Orange

Transparent Red Iron Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PR101
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dd5915 (estimate)

Bright Orange

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.851
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e15126 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bright Orange is cooler than Transparent Red Iron Oxide.

Can I use Bright Orange instead of Transparent Red Iron Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Bright Orange is cooler than Transparent Red Iron Oxide.

Can I use Transparent Red Iron Oxide instead of Bright Orange?

The same difference applies the other way round: Transparent Red Iron Oxide is 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 Transparent Red Iron Oxide on the colour wheel See Bright Orange on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Transparent Red Iron Oxide

Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Light Orange (70.911)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Bright Orange
Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Orange Fire (72.008)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bright Orange
Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Gold Yellow (72.007)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bright Orange

Other Golden paints close to Bright Orange

Bright Orange vs Quinacridone / Nickel Azo Gold (PY150 / PO48)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 6, close · closer than Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Bright Orange vs Quinacridone Red LightHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 11, fair
Bright Orange vs Azo Gold (1302)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 15, fair

All matches: Transparent Red Iron Oxide equivalents · Bright Orange equivalents