What is the difference between Red Rage and Nocturnal Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Nocturnal Red is a little darker, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Rage vs Nocturnal Red

Red Rage

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

Nocturnal Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.111
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #622122 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Nocturnal Red is a little darker, more saturated, cooler than Red Rage.

Can I use Nocturnal Red instead of Red Rage?

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

Can I use Red Rage instead of Nocturnal Red?

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

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Nocturnal Red

Nocturnal Red vs Berserker RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close · closer than Red Rage
Nocturnal Red vs Boar HideTriads: midtones · ΔE 9, close
Nocturnal Red vs Amphora RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Red Rage equivalents · Nocturnal Red equivalents