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Make a free guideLooking for a Purple equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Purple (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Fanatic, Reaper MSP, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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 Purple, 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 2Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Burgundy WineReaper MSPGreat match
- BasePurpleAK Interactive 3rd Gen
- Highlight 1Warpfiend GreyCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Neutral GreyArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
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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.