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Make a free guideLooking for a Pastel Violet equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Pastel Violet (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Warhammer Tone Pro, Monument Pro Acryl, 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 Pastel Violet, 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 2Braaaaiins PinkReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Figgy PinkArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BasePastel VioletAK Interactive 3rd Gen
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No good highlight suggestion — Pastel Violet is already near the edge of the catalog's value range, or nothing in the catalog is close enough to recommend.
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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.