What is the difference between Red Brown and Fire Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Fire Red is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Fire Red

Red Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-47
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6d2e33 (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 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fire Red is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Red Brown.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Red Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Fire Red is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Red Brown.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Fire Red?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Brown

Red Brown vs Burnt Red (70.814)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Fire Red
Red Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Fire Red
Red Brown vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Fire Red

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Russet (H-33)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Red Brown
Fire Red vs Russet (N-33)Acrysion · ΔE 8, close · closer than Red Brown
Fire Red vs Russet (C-81)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Red Brown

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Fire Red equivalents