What is the difference between Primary Red and Clear Orange?

ΔE 11 (fair). Clear Orange is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Red vs Clear Orange

Primary Red

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d62929 (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 10.6, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Clear Orange is more muted than Primary Red.

Can I use Clear Orange instead of Primary Red?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Clear Orange is more muted than Primary Red.

Can I use Primary Red instead of Clear Orange?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Red is 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 Primary Red on the colour wheel See Clear Orange on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Primary Red

Primary Red vs Red RLM23 (71.003)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Clear Orange
Primary Red vs Scarlet Blood (72.106)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Clear Orange
Primary Red vs Bloody Red (72.010)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Clear Orange

Other Scale75 paints close to Clear Orange

Clear Orange vs Orange (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close · closer than Primary Red
Clear Orange vs Beherit Red (SFG05)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 11, fair
Clear Orange vs Blood Red (SC36)Scalecolor · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Primary Red equivalents · Clear Orange equivalents