Deep Maroon
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 64B
#662E55 · L*27.9 a*30.6 b*-12.1
The closest match to Foundry Deep Maroon in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Deep Maroon is a dark, moderately saturated magenta. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Alizarin Crimson at ΔE 0.8. 23 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to Foundry Deep Maroon?
FolkArt Alizarin Crimson is the closest equivalent to Foundry Deep Maroon in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Sunset Purple (ΔE 0.9) and Warcolours Purple 4 (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Deep Maroon?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Purple, ΔE 5.5 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Deep Maroon Shop FolkArt Alizarin Crimson (Pure™ Artist Pigment) Shop FolkArt Pure™ Artist Pigment set
Deep Maroon equivalent in FolkArt
- A Alizarin Crimson Pure™ Artist Pigment 6392 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- B Juneberry Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2386 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Deep Maroon equivalent in Scale75
- A Sunset Purple Scale Color Range ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- D Dark Violet Artist Range ΔE 7.4 · similar
Deep Maroon equivalent in Warcolours
- A Purple 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- E Pink 4 Layer paints ΔE 13.4 · far
Deep Maroon equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Garnet Purple Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Orchid Purple Metallic Colors ΔE 7.5 · similar
Deep Maroon equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Zephyr Pink Warpaints Air ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Royal Purple Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 4.7 · close
Deep Maroon equivalent in Reaper
- C Runic Purple Master Series Paints Bones 9424 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Violet Red Master Series Paints Core Colors 9026 ΔE 4.1 · close
Deep Maroon equivalent in Golden
- C Red Violet SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6595 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Cobalt Violet Hue Heavy Body 1465 ΔE 7.7 · similar
Deep Maroon equivalent in Vallejo
- D Purple Model Color 70.959 ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Deep Magenta Game Color 72.113 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Deep Maroon equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- D Super Wash Purple Fantasy Range - Ink Wash 174 ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Poison Purple Fantasy Range 118 ΔE 9.2 · similar
Deep Maroon equivalent in Acrilex
- D Vinho Paints 565 ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Violeta Escuro Paints 917 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Deep Maroon equivalent in Mr. Paint
- D Porsche Sternrubin Neo Mr Paint - Car MRP-C040 ΔE 6.0 · similar
- E Signal Viollet RAL 4008 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A008 ΔE 11.4 · far
Deep Maroon equivalent in Duncan
- D Enchantress Purple Wave 3 ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Magi Purple Wash Wave 2 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Deep Maroon in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | #7A3F6E | Magos Purple Contrast | ΔE 6.4 |
| Monument | #63306B | Purple Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #84165F | Bright Magenta Colors | ΔE 7.4 |
| P3 | #553D55 | Royal Violet Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.1 |
| AK Interactive | #7A4967 | Deep Purple Intense (3rd Gen) | ΔE 8.2 |
| Liquitex | #5D2735 | Quinacridone Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #87217A | Purple Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 9.7 |
| Mr. Hobby | #862544 | MS Char's Pink Gundam Color Spray | ΔE 11.1 |
| Humbrol | #483A5E | Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 11.2 |
| Arteza | #9F1E63 | Pearl Magenta Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 11.6 |
| Creature | #89338C | Purple Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 12.1 |
| Tom Color | #43135D | Roxo Puro | ΔE 12.8 |
| Revell | #583E41 | Leather Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 13.4 |
| Tamiya | #6A2990 | Lavender Spray | ΔE 14.0 |
| Mig | #381B20 | Dunkelgelb Shadow Acrylics | ΔE 15.4 |
| Mission Models | #592321 | Rotbraun RAL 8012 | ΔE 17.0 |
| Italeri | #3D2624 | Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 17.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #935AAF | People Eater | ΔE 20.3 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- C Shadow Pink Shade Paint System ΔE 4.9 · close
- E Soviet Winter Brown Shade Paint System ΔE 11.4 · far
- E Deep Mauve Paint System ΔE 11.5 · far
- E Deep Mauve Light Paint System ΔE 11.7 · far
- E Royal Purple Shade Paint System ΔE 12.0 · far
- E Soviet Winter Brown Paint System ΔE 12.3 · far
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