What is the difference between Oxide Brown Light and Fire Red?

ΔE 12 (fair). Fire Red is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Light vs Fire Red

Oxide Brown Light

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #83442b (estimate)

Fire Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.084
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b332f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 12.0, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Fire Red is a little darker, cooler than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Oxide Brown Light?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 12). Fire Red is a little darker, cooler than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Oxide Brown Light instead of Fire Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Light is a little lighter, 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 Oxide Brown Light on the colour wheel See Fire Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxide Brown Light

Oxide Brown Light vs Red Leather (70.818)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Fire Red
Oxide Brown Light vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Fire Red
Oxide Brown Light vs Light Brown (70.929)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Fire Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Red Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Oxide Brown Light
Fire Red vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Oxide Brown Light
Fire Red vs Royal Brown (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Oxide Brown Light equivalents · Fire Red equivalents