Dragon Red Equivalents
Army Painter Warpaints · Base · Matte · WP1105
Discontinued — see current equivalents belowDon't have Dragon Red? Get a free step-by-step guide using the paints you own.
Make a free guideLooking for a Dragon Red equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dragon Red (Army Painter Warpaints) in Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Dragon 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 2Bloodstain RedReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Gory RedVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- BaseDragon RedArmy Painter Warpaints
- Highlight 1Blood ChaliceArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Intense Pink - IntenseAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.