Clear Orange is genuinely hard to match: no other brand has a same-finish equivalent close enough to swap, and the nearest color anywhere, The Army Painter Poppy Red at 76 percent, is a different finish. Clear Orange sits in the red family: mid-tone in tone, vivid in saturation, warm in cast. Highlight it toward Red Wash, the nearest lighter paint in the Vallejo lane. For a true match, stick with the original; cross-brand substitutes will read as a different color.
Clear Orange equivalents in other ranges
We ran Vallejo Clear Orange against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.
Even the nearest color, The Army Painter Poppy Red, dries clearly cooler than Clear Orange, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
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80sUsable
<70Mix
The Army Painter
Humbrol
Tamiya
Revell
Citadel
AK Interactive
Two Thin Coats
Green Stuff World
P3 Paints
Monument Pro Acryl
Scale75
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What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Clear Orange?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Poppy Red at 76% color similarity.
What is Clear Orange used for?
Clear Orange is a wash that flows into recesses and pools in shadow. Common uses: warm crimson glazing; deepen recesses and panel lines.
What do I highlight and shade Clear Orange with?
The next step up for highlighting Clear Orange is Red Wash in the Vallejo range. Nothing sits directly below it in the same lane, so reach for a wash to shade.