Colour Primer: Chaotic Red Equivalents
Army Painter Colour Primer · Spray · Matte · CP3026
Discontinued — see current equivalents belowDon't have Colour Primer: Chaotic Red? Get a free step-by-step guide using the paints you own.
Make a free guideLooking for a Colour Primer: Chaotic Red equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Colour Primer: Chaotic Red (Army Painter Colour Primer) in Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Warpaints, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Colour Primer: Chaotic Red, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Walnut BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseColour Primer: Chaotic RedArmy Painter Colour Primer
- Highlight 1Tiger’s Eye SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Jasper SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
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Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.