What is the difference between Purple and Scarlet Red?

ΔE 17 (loose). Scarlet Red is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Purple vs Scarlet Red

Purple

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

Scarlet Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.012
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a0262e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 17.3, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Scarlet Red is more saturated, warmer than Purple.

Can I use Scarlet Red instead of Purple?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Scarlet Red is more saturated, warmer than Purple.

Can I use Purple instead of Scarlet Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Purple is more muted, 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 Scarlet Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Purple

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

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Scarlet Red

Scarlet Red vs Magenta (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 7, close · closer than Purple
Scarlet Red vs Red Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Purple
Scarlet Red vs Alizarin Crimson (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Purple equivalents · Scarlet Red equivalents