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Vampire Red Equivalents

Army Painter Warpaints · Base · Matte · WP1460

Discontinued — see current equivalents below

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Looking for a Vampire Red equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Vampire Red (Army Painter Warpaints) in Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Metal Color, 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.

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Shade & highlight partners

Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Vampire 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.

Walnut Brown 1 : 1 Khorne Red·#580000

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Matches 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.