What is the difference between Orange and Hot Orange?

ΔE 8 (close). Hot Orange is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Orange vs Hot Orange

Orange

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f25735 (estimate)

Hot Orange

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.009
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e34020 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Hot Orange is a little darker, more saturated than Orange.

Can I use Hot Orange instead of Orange?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Hot Orange is a little darker, more saturated than Orange.

Can I use Orange instead of Hot Orange?

The same difference applies the other way round: Orange is a little lighter, 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 Orange on the colour wheel See Hot Orange on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Orange

Orange vs Bright Orange (70.851)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Hot Orange
Orange vs Orange (71.083)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Hot Orange
Orange vs Light Red (71.086)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Hot Orange

Hot Orange vs Scarlet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 7, close · closer than Orange
Hot Orange vs Salmon Skin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 9, close
Hot Orange vs Toluidine Red (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Orange equivalents · Hot Orange equivalents