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