REDS: Dior Gruau, Chanel Rouge Fatal, Dior Red Tea, Julep Catherine, Julep Demi & Lippmann Lady is a Tramp

This originally started as a project to compare all my Julep polishes, but now I am on a RED MISSION! I am slowly working through all my reds and hope to have swatches of most of them up in the next week. The first 6 up are; Dior 837 Gruau, Chanel Rouge Fatal, Dior 853 Red Tea, Julep Catherine, Julep Demi & Lippmann Lady is a Tramp

Now both Gruau and Rouge Fatal are reds with more of a brown tinge. They look to me very much like lighter versions of red blood if you understand the comparison? Sorry, I seem to be not the most articulate person in the universe, but they feel like "bloody reds" to me though Gruau is a shade brighter than Rouge Fatal.

The next red up, Red Tea is a shade less brown and more of a true red. I don't see it lean blue and seems to be a great pure red berry crème.

Julep Catherine is described on the Julep website as THE classic red. I find it is the brightest by far of all of the colours swatched here, most similar to lady is a tramp but much more primary of a red. It reminds me of brightly painted children's toys. That bright pure red though it leans a tiny bit to the tomato/orange side of things, but just barely.

Julep Demi is described as an elegant burgundy, like a fine wine. I dont see it as a burgundy to be honest. It IS a darker red, but certainly not dark enough in my books to get the title burgundy. It is more like a deep dark classic red. Certainly a blue red.

Lady is a tramp is in my opinion right in between Catherine and Demi as a darker than Catherine, lighter than demi clean and classic red that maybe leans a tad bit blue, but not too much

L-R  Dior Gruau, Chanel Rouge Fatal, Dior Red Tea, Julep Catherine, Julep Demi & Lippmann Lady is a Tramp

L-R  Dior Gruau, Chanel Rouge Fatal, Dior Red Tea, Julep Catherine, Julep Demi & Lippmann Lady is a Tramp