What is the difference between Primary Red and Light Red?

ΔE 10 (close). Light Red is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Red vs Light Red

Primary Red

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d62929 (estimate)

Light Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.086
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e83d26 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Red is a little lighter, more saturated than Primary Red.

Can I use Light Red instead of Primary Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Light Red is a little lighter, more saturated than Primary Red.

Can I use Primary Red instead of Light Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Red is a little darker, more muted.

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 Light Red 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 Light Red
Primary Red vs Scarlet Blood (72.106)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Red
Primary Red vs Bloody Red (72.010)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Red

Other Scale75 paints close to Light Red

Light Red vs Beherit Red (SFG05)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Primary Red
Light Red vs Aldebaran Red (SC38)Scalecolor · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Primary Red
Light Red vs Orange (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 6, close · closer than Primary Red

All matches: Primary Red equivalents · Light Red equivalents