Don't have Scarlet? Get a free step-by-step guide using the paints you own.
Make a free guideLooking for a Scarlet equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Scarlet (Vallejo Model Color) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, Scale75 Scalecolor, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, 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
Own Scarlet? Put it to work.
Get a step-by-step painting guide built around your paints — exact colors, mixes, and where each one goes. First guide is free.
Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Scarlet, 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 2Carnage RedReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Blood CrimsonArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseScarletVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1Fae BlossomArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Weird ElixirArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
Mix starting points — real pigment blends shift a little; adjust by eye.
Your paints, one journey — the blends between them live here.
Don't have Scarlet? Paint with what you own.
PaintGuide builds a step-by-step guide for your miniature using only the paints in your collection — matching colors across brands and giving exact mixing recipes for anything you're missing.
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.