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Make a free guideLooking for a Purple Swarm equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Purple Swarm (Army Painter Speedpaint) in Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Warpaints, Scale75 Scalecolor, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Swarm, 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 2Midnight PurpleVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Phoenician PurpleCitadel ColourGreat match
- BasePurple SwarmArmy Painter Speedpaint
- Highlight 1Kakophoni PurpleCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Hexed VioletArmy 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.