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