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Make a free guideLooking for a Purple Tone equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Purple Tone (Army Painter Fanatic) in Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Metal Color, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Purple Tone, 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 2Nightmare BlackReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Dark Prussian BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BasePurple ToneArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Graphene GreyScale75 ScalecolorGreat match
- Highlight 2Warpfiend GreyCitadel ColourGreat 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.