What is the difference between Fluorescent Orange and Fluorescent Red?

ΔE 8 (close). Fluorescent Red is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fluorescent Orange vs Fluorescent Red

Fluorescent Orange

Brand: Tamiya
Range: PS Spray (polycarbonate)
Code: PS-24
Type: a fluorescent or effect paint
Swatch: #f0513b (estimate)

Fluorescent Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.082
Type: a fluorescent or effect paint
Swatch: #f14e4a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fluorescent Red is cooler than Fluorescent Orange.

Can I use Fluorescent Red instead of Fluorescent Orange?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Fluorescent Red is cooler than Fluorescent Orange.

Can I use Fluorescent Orange instead of Fluorescent Red?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Fluorescent Orange

Fluorescent Orange vs Fluorescent Orange (72.156)Game Color Special FX / Fluo · ΔE 13, fair
Fluorescent Orange vs Fresh Blood (72.601)Game Color Special FX / Fluo · ΔE 15, fair
Fluorescent Orange vs Fluorescent Red (72.157)Game Color Special FX / Fluo · ΔE 18, loose

Other Tamiya paints close to Fluorescent Red

Fluorescent Red vs Fluorescent Red (PS-20)PS Spray (polycarbonate) · ΔE 19, loose
Fluorescent Red vs Fluorescent Red (TS-36)TS Spray · ΔE 19, loose
Fluorescent Red vs Fluorescent Pink (PS-29)PS Spray (polycarbonate) · ΔE 47, loose

All matches: Fluorescent Orange equivalents · Fluorescent Red equivalents