What is the difference between Orange and Clear Orange?

ΔE 9 (close). Clear Orange is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Orange vs Clear Orange

Orange

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e14829 (estimate)

Clear Orange

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.956
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cd412c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Clear Orange is a little darker, more muted than Orange.

Can I use Clear Orange instead of Orange?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Clear Orange is a little darker, more muted than Orange.

Can I use Orange instead of Clear Orange?

The same difference applies the other way round: Orange is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Orange on the colour wheel See Clear Orange on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Orange

Orange vs Bright Orange (70.851)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Clear Orange
Orange vs Hot Orange (72.009)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Clear Orange
Orange vs Orange (71.083)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Clear Orange

Other Scale75 paints close to Clear Orange

Clear Orange vs Primary Red (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 11, fair
Clear Orange vs Beherit Red (SFG05)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 11, fair
Clear Orange vs Blood Red (SC36)Scalecolor · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Orange equivalents · Clear Orange equivalents