What is the difference between Sanguine Scarlet and Scarlet Red?

ΔE 7 (close). Scarlet Red is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sanguine Scarlet vs Scarlet Red

Sanguine Scarlet

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #97191d (estimate)

Scarlet Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.012
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a0262e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Scarlet Red is a little lighter than Sanguine Scarlet.

Can I use Scarlet Red instead of Sanguine Scarlet?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Scarlet Red is a little lighter than Sanguine Scarlet.

Can I use Sanguine Scarlet instead of Scarlet Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sanguine Scarlet is a little darker.

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 Sanguine Scarlet on the colour wheel See Scarlet Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sanguine Scarlet

Sanguine Scarlet vs Gory Red (72.011)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Scarlet Red
Sanguine Scarlet vs Carmine Red (70.908)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Scarlet Red
Sanguine Scarlet vs Ferrari Red (71.085)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Scarlet Red

Scarlet Red vs Emperor RedTriads: midtones · ΔE 11, fair
Scarlet Red vs Rust OrangeTriads: shadows · ΔE 17, loose
Scarlet Red vs Hellspawn RedBrights · ΔE 19, loose

All matches: Sanguine Scarlet equivalents · Scarlet Red equivalents