What is the difference between Red Oxide and Scarlet Red?

ΔE 13 (fair). Scarlet Red is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Oxide vs Scarlet Red

Red Oxide

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #90382e (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 13.1, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Scarlet Red is more saturated, cooler than Red Oxide.

Can I use Scarlet Red instead of Red Oxide?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Scarlet Red is more saturated, cooler than Red Oxide.

Can I use Red Oxide instead of Scarlet Red?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Oxide

Red Oxide vs Dark Flesh Tone (72.044)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Scarlet Red
Red Oxide vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Scarlet Red
Red Oxide vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · 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 Red Oxide
Scarlet Red vs Purple (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 17, loose
Scarlet Red vs Alizarin Crimson (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Red Oxide equivalents · Scarlet Red equivalents