What is the difference between Bright Coral and Bright Orange?

ΔE 9 (close). Bright Orange is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bright Coral vs Bright Orange

Bright Coral

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09181
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #db402d (estimate)

Bright Orange

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.851
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e15126 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bright Orange is a little lighter, warmer than Bright Coral.

Can I use Bright Orange instead of Bright Coral?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Bright Orange is a little lighter, warmer than Bright Coral.

Can I use Bright Coral instead of Bright Orange?

The same difference applies the other way round: Bright Coral is a little darker, 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 Bright Coral on the colour wheel See Bright Orange on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Bright Coral

Bright Coral vs Clear Orange (70.956)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Bright Orange
Bright Coral vs Amaranth Red (70.829)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bright Orange
Bright Coral vs Red RLM23 (71.003)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bright Orange

Other Reaper paints close to Bright Orange

Bright Orange vs Fire Orange (09006)Master Series Paints · ΔE 11, fair
Bright Orange vs Phoenix Red (09005)Master Series Paints · ΔE 14, fair
Bright Orange vs Orange Brown (09201)Master Series Paints · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Bright Coral equivalents · Bright Orange equivalents