What is the difference between Fired Clay and Red Leather?

ΔE 9 (close). Red Leather is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fired Clay vs Red Leather

Fired Clay

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09171
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a15851 (estimate)

Red Leather

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.818
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8d503d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Red Leather is a little darker, warmer than Fired Clay.

Can I use Red Leather instead of Fired Clay?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Red Leather is a little darker, warmer than Fired Clay.

Can I use Fired Clay instead of Red Leather?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fired Clay is a little lighter, 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 Fired Clay on the colour wheel See Red Leather on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fired Clay

Fired Clay vs Succubus Skin (72.108)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Leather
Fired Clay vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Red Leather
Fired Clay vs German Orange (70.805)Model Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Reaper paints close to Red Leather

Red Leather vs Oiled Leather (09110)Master Series Paints · ΔE 8, close · closer than Fired Clay
Red Leather vs Antique Rose (09139)Master Series Paints · ΔE 9, close
Red Leather vs Rust Brown (09072)Master Series Paints · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Fired Clay equivalents · Red Leather equivalents