What is the difference between Burgundy Wine Red and Fire Red?

ΔE 7 (close). Fire Red is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Burgundy Wine Red vs Fire Red

Burgundy Wine Red

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a281f (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 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fire Red is a little lighter than Burgundy Wine Red.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Burgundy Wine Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Fire Red is a little lighter than Burgundy Wine Red.

Can I use Burgundy Wine Red instead of Fire Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Burgundy Wine Red is a little darker.

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 Burgundy Wine Red on the colour wheel See Fire Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Burgundy Wine Red

Burgundy Wine Red vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Fire Red
Burgundy Wine Red vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 8, close
Burgundy Wine Red vs Red (70.926)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Scale75 paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Sharpnel Red (SFG36)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 9, close
Fire Red vs Red Leather (SC30)Scalecolor · ΔE 9, close
Fire Red vs Red Ochre (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Burgundy Wine Red equivalents · Fire Red equivalents