What is the difference between Carnage Red and Clear Orange?

ΔE 7 (close). Clear Orange is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Carnage Red vs Clear Orange

Carnage Red

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

Clear Orange

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.956
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cd412c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Clear Orange is a little lighter than Carnage Red.

Can I use Clear Orange instead of Carnage Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Clear Orange is a little lighter than Carnage Red.

Can I use Carnage Red instead of Clear Orange?

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 Clear Orange 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 Clear Orange
Carnage Red vs Vermilion (70.909)Model Color · ΔE 7, close
Carnage Red vs Amaranth Red (70.829)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Clear Orange

Clear Orange vs Blushing Flesh (1827)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Carnage Red
Clear Orange vs Firethorn Brown (4109)Opaque Colors · ΔE 9, close
Clear Orange vs Primaris Red (4117)Opaque Colors · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Carnage Red equivalents · Clear Orange equivalents