What is the difference between Orange and Light Red?

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

Orange vs Light Red

Orange

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

Light Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.086
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e83d26 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Red is a little darker, more saturated than Orange.

Can I use Light Red instead of Orange?

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

Can I use Orange instead of Light Red?

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 Light Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Orange

Orange vs Bright Orange (70.851)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Red
Orange vs Orange (71.083)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Red
Orange vs Hot Orange (72.009)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Light Red

Light Red vs Scarlet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Orange
Light Red vs The Red (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 7, close · closer than Orange
Light Red vs Salmon Skin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Orange

All matches: Orange equivalents · Light Red equivalents