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Make a free guideLooking for a Royal Purple equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Royal Purple (Vallejo Game Color) in Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Xpress Color, Monument Pro Acryl, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Royal 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
- BaseRoyal PurpleVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Warlock MagentaArmy 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.