What is the difference between Red Rage and Fire Red?

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

Red Rage vs Fire Red

Red Rage

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a352b (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 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fire Red is more saturated, cooler than Red Rage.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Red Rage?

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

Can I use Red Rage instead of Fire Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Rage is more muted, 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 Fire 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 Fire Red
Red Rage vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Fire Red
Red Rage vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Fire Red

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Asmodeus RedTriads: midtones · ΔE 10, close
Fire Red vs Dread RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 14, fair
Fire Red vs Fur CloakTriads: highlights · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Red Rage equivalents · Fire Red equivalents