What is the difference between Salmon Skin and Amaranth Red?

ΔE 10 (close). Amaranth Red is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Salmon Skin vs Amaranth Red

Salmon Skin

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Signature Series
Code: Signature
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ed4939 (estimate)

Amaranth Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.829
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d34535 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Amaranth Red is a little darker, more muted than Salmon Skin.

Can I use Amaranth Red instead of Salmon Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Amaranth Red is a little darker, more muted than Salmon Skin.

Can I use Salmon Skin instead of Amaranth Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Salmon Skin is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Salmon Skin on the colour wheel See Amaranth Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Salmon Skin

Salmon Skin vs Orange (71.083)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Amaranth Red
Salmon Skin vs Light Red (71.086)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Amaranth Red
Salmon Skin vs Hot Orange (72.009)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Amaranth Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Amaranth Red

Amaranth Red vs Pale Carmine Red (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Salmon Skin
Amaranth Red vs Toluidine Red (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair
Amaranth Red vs Cherry Wood (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Salmon Skin equivalents · Amaranth Red equivalents