What is the difference between Red Rage and Dark Red?

ΔE 8 (close). Dark Red is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Rage vs Dark Red

Red Rage

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a352b (estimate)

Dark Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.946
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5c2727 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Red is a little darker, cooler than Red Rage.

Can I use Dark Red instead of Red Rage?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Dark Red is a little darker, cooler than Red Rage.

Can I use Red Rage instead of Dark Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Rage is a little lighter, 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 Red Rage on the colour wheel See Dark Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Rage

Red Rage vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dark Red
Red Rage vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Red
Red Rage vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Dark Red

Dark Red vs Boar HideTriads: midtones · ΔE 8, close
Dark Red vs Amphora RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close
Dark Red vs Berserker RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Red Rage equivalents · Dark Red equivalents