Looking for a Violet Red equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Violet Red (Reaper MSP) in Vallejo Xpress Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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
Overall closest colors
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Create your free guideMatches 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.