What is the difference between Orange and Sunset Orange?

ΔE 19 (loose). Sunset Orange is noticeably lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Orange vs Sunset Orange

Orange

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

Sunset Orange

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.110
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f4742e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Sunset Orange is noticeably lighter, warmer than Orange.

Can I use Sunset Orange instead of Orange?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Sunset Orange is noticeably lighter, warmer than Orange.

Can I use Orange instead of Sunset Orange?

The same difference applies the other way round: Orange is noticeably 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 Orange on the colour wheel See Sunset 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 Sunset Orange
Orange vs Hot Orange (72.009)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Sunset Orange
Orange vs Orange (71.083)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Sunset Orange

Other Scale75 paints close to Sunset Orange

Sunset Orange vs Tiamat Orange (SFG06)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Orange
Sunset Orange vs Mars Orange (SC39)Scalecolor · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Orange
Sunset Orange vs Permanent Orange (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 19, loose

All matches: Orange equivalents · Sunset Orange equivalents