What is the difference between Radiant Orange and Plasma Red?

ΔE 27 (loose). Plasma Red is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Radiant Orange vs Plasma Red

Radiant Orange

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4216
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #8a4714 (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 26.8, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Plasma Red is more saturated, cooler than Radiant Orange.

Can I use Plasma Red instead of Radiant Orange?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 27). Plasma Red is more saturated, cooler than Radiant Orange.

Can I use Radiant Orange instead of Plasma Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Radiant Orange is more muted, 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 Radiant Orange on the colour wheel See Plasma Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Radiant Orange

Radiant Orange vs Desert Ochre (72.454)Xpress Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Plasma Red
Radiant Orange vs Khaki Drill (72.451)Xpress Color · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Plasma Red
Radiant Orange vs Chameleon Orange (72.455)Xpress Color · ΔE 23, loose · 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 Radiant Orange
Plasma Red vs Red Opulence (4248)Dipping Inks · ΔE 23, loose · closer than Radiant Orange
Plasma Red vs Goth Skin (4236)Dipping Inks · ΔE 26, loose · closer than Radiant Orange

All matches: Radiant Orange equivalents · Plasma Red equivalents