What is the difference between Red Leather and Fire Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Fire Red is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Leather vs Fire Red

Red Leather

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC30
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #693230 (estimate)

Fire Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.084
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b332f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fire Red is a little lighter, more saturated than Red Leather.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Red Leather?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Fire Red is a little lighter, more saturated than Red Leather.

Can I use Red Leather instead of Fire Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Leather 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 Red Leather on the colour wheel See Fire Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Leather

Red Leather vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Fire Red
Red Leather vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Fire Red
Red Leather vs Burnt Red (70.814)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Fire Red

Other Scale75 paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Burgundy Wine Red (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Leather
Fire Red vs Sharpnel Red (SFG36)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 9, close · closer than Red Leather
Fire Red vs Red Ochre (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Red Leather equivalents · Fire Red equivalents