What is the difference between Carnage Red and Amaranth Red?

ΔE 8 (close). Amaranth Red is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Carnage Red vs Amaranth Red

Carnage Red

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 3218
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c12b24 (estimate)

Amaranth Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.829
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d34535 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Amaranth Red is a little lighter than Carnage Red.

Can I use Amaranth Red instead of Carnage Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Amaranth Red is a little lighter than Carnage Red.

Can I use Carnage Red instead of Amaranth Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Carnage Red 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 Carnage Red on the colour wheel See Amaranth Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Carnage Red

Carnage Red vs Red RLM23 (71.003)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Amaranth Red
Carnage Red vs Clear Orange (70.956)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Amaranth Red
Carnage Red vs Vermilion (70.909)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Amaranth Red

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Amaranth Red

Amaranth Red vs Blushing Flesh (1827)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Carnage Red
Amaranth Red vs Primaris Red (4117)Opaque Colors · ΔE 10, fair
Amaranth Red vs Firethorn Brown (4109)Opaque Colors · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Carnage Red equivalents · Amaranth Red equivalents