What is the difference between Purple and Carmine Red?

ΔE 19 (loose). Carmine Red is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Purple vs Carmine Red

Purple

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a2294c (estimate)

Carmine Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.908
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #932126 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Carmine Red is a little darker, warmer than Purple.

Can I use Carmine Red instead of Purple?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Carmine Red is a little darker, warmer than Purple.

Can I use Purple instead of Carmine Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Purple is a little lighter, cooler.

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 Purple on the colour wheel See Carmine Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Purple

Purple vs Warlord Purple (72.014)Game Color · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Carmine Red
Purple vs Sunset Red (70.802)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Carmine Red
Purple vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Carmine Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Carmine Red

Carmine Red vs Magenta (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close · closer than Purple
Carmine Red vs Red Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Purple
Carmine Red vs Cherry Wood (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Purple

All matches: Purple equivalents · Carmine Red equivalents