What is the difference between Primary Red and Magenta Blood?

ΔE 14 (fair). Magenta Blood is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Red vs Magenta Blood

Primary Red

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

Magenta Blood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.021
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f0364d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 14.3, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Magenta Blood is a little lighter, cooler than Primary Red.

Can I use Magenta Blood instead of Primary Red?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 14). Magenta Blood is a little lighter, cooler than Primary Red.

Can I use Primary Red instead of Magenta Blood?

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

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

Other Scale75 paints close to Magenta Blood

Magenta Blood vs Baal Crimson (SFG04)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Primary Red
Magenta Blood vs Crimson (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Primary Red
Magenta Blood vs Coral Red (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Primary Red

All matches: Primary Red equivalents · Magenta Blood equivalents