What is the difference between Goth Skin and Plasma Red?

ΔE 26 (loose). Plasma Red is a little lighter, much more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Goth Skin vs Plasma Red

Goth Skin

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4236
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #652929 (estimate)

Plasma Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.406
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #9a262a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 26.3, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Plasma Red is a little lighter, much more saturated than Goth Skin.

Can I use Plasma Red instead of Goth Skin?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 26). Plasma Red is a little lighter, much more saturated than Goth Skin.

Can I use Goth Skin instead of Plasma Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Goth Skin is a little darker, much more muted.

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 Goth Skin on the colour wheel See Plasma Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Goth Skin

Goth Skin vs Dwarf Skin (72.402)Xpress Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Plasma Red
Goth Skin vs Velvet Red (72.407)Xpress Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Plasma Red
Goth Skin vs Tanned Skin (72.471)Xpress Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Plasma Red

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Plasma Red

Plasma Red vs Red Cloak (4217)Dipping Inks · ΔE 6, close · closer than Goth Skin
Plasma Red vs Red Opulence (4248)Dipping Inks · ΔE 23, loose · closer than Goth Skin
Plasma Red vs Radiant Orange (4216)Dipping Inks · ΔE 27, loose

All matches: Goth Skin equivalents · Plasma Red equivalents