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Make a free guideLooking for a Purple equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Purple (Vallejo Model Color) in Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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 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 ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Barak-Nar BurgundyCitadel ColourGreat match
- BasePurpleVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1VioletScale75 ScalecolorGreat match
- Highlight 2Amethyst PurpleReaper MSPGreat 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.