What is the difference between Magenta and Carmine Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Carmine Red is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Magenta vs Carmine Red

Magenta

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9c042a (estimate)

Carmine Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.908
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #932126 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Carmine Red is more muted, warmer than Magenta.

Can I use Carmine Red instead of Magenta?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Carmine Red is more muted, warmer than Magenta.

Can I use Magenta instead of Carmine Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Magenta is more saturated, 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 Magenta on the colour wheel See Carmine Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Magenta

Magenta vs Red (71.102)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Carmine Red
Magenta vs Scarlet Red (72.012)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Carmine Red
Magenta vs Flat Red (70.957)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Carmine Red

Other Scale75 paints close to Carmine Red

Carmine Red vs Mayhem Red (SFG03)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Magenta
Carmine Red vs Deep Red (SC35)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, close · closer than Magenta
Carmine Red vs Red Ochre (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Magenta equivalents · Carmine Red equivalents