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Make a free guideLooking for a Clear Purple equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Clear Purple (Reaper MSP) in Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Xpress Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Clear 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 2Midnight PurpleVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Phoenician PurpleCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseClear PurpleReaper MSP
- Highlight 1Blue VioletVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Faded PlumMonument Pro AcrylClose 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.