Medium Violet
Golden · Heavy Body · 1572
#3C2C50 · L*21.4 a*15.9 b*-19.4
The closest match to Golden Medium Violet in every other range, nearest first.
Golden Medium Violet is a very dark, moderately saturated blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Naggaroth Night at ΔE 0.4. 20 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
What is the closest equivalent to Golden Medium Violet?
Citadel Naggaroth Night is the closest equivalent to Golden Medium Violet in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Monument Vince Venturella Royal Purple (ΔE 1.9) and Vallejo Blue (ΔE 2.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Golden Medium Violet?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Blue, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Golden to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Golden Medium Violet Shop Citadel Naggaroth Night Shop Citadel Base set
Medium Violet equivalent in Citadel
- A Naggaroth Night Base ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
- D Chemos Purple Air ΔE 6.6 · similar
Medium Violet equivalent in Monument
- A Vince Venturella Royal Purple Pro Signature Series S03 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- D Dark Purple Pro Acrylic Paints 035 ΔE 8.0 · similar
Medium Violet equivalent in Vallejo
- A Blue Model Color 70.925 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Gloomy Violet Xpress Color 72.410 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Medium Violet equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Purple Vanity Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Nightsahde Purple Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 3.5 · close
Medium Violet equivalent in FolkArt
- B Eggplant Acrylic Colors 2253 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Violet Pansy Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2956 ΔE 3.8 · close
Medium Violet equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Alien Purple Warpaints WP1128 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Alien Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 6.2 · similar
Medium Violet equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Amethyst Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11183 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Dark Violet -71- Figures AK3095 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Medium Violet equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Velvet Crush Colors 21487 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Royal Violet Colors 20594 ΔE 4.7 · close
Medium Violet equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Burnt Metal Violet Mr Paint MRP-156 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Burnt Metal Violet Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A025 ΔE 4.6 · close
Medium Violet equivalent in Humbrol
- C Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays S68 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Purple Acrylics - Gloss 68 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Medium Violet equivalent in Reaper
- D Nightsky Indigo Master Series Paints Bones 9422 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Gem Purple Master Series Paints Bones 9473 ΔE 8.4 · similar
Medium Violet equivalent in Scale75
- D Eldandil Violet Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Violet Artist Range ΔE 7.0 · similar
Medium Violet in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | #4F3350 | Magi Purple Wash Wave 2 | ΔE 5.9 |
| Acrilex | #3B2E67 | Violeta Cobalto Paints | ΔE 6.3 |
| Liquitex | #2D2439 | Indantherene Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.6 |
| P3 | #33283A | Bad Bruise Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.0 |
| Revell | #28285E | Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 7.7 |
| Arteza | #343A5C | Prussian Blue Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 8.2 |
| Foundry | #473646 | Soviet Winter Brown Shade Paint System | ΔE 8.2 |
| Mr. Hobby | #252B45 | Jasdf Deep Ocean Blue Mr Color | ΔE 8.8 |
| Coat d'Arms | #5D4569 | Poison Purple Fantasy Range | ΔE 9.1 |
| Tom Color | #43135D | Roxo Puro | ΔE 9.7 |
| Italeri | #1E2C4F | Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 9.7 |
| Tamiya | #1D2D53 | Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 10.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #44307B | Phthalo Blu (Red Shade) Pure Pigments | ΔE 10.0 |
| Creature | #221B29 | Purple Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 10.9 |
| Mission Models | #231962 | Iridescent Plum Purple | ΔE 10.9 |
| Warcolours | #250038 | Violet 5 Layer paints | ΔE 11.9 |
| Mig | #333542 | Dunkelgrau Base Acrylics | ΔE 12.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 21.5 |
Nearest colours inside Golden
- D Dioxazine Purple Fluid ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Permanent Violet Dark Fluid ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Anthraquinone Blue Fluid ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Ultramarine Violet OPEN Acrylics ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Ultramarine Violet Fluid ΔE 6.7 · similar
- D Prussian Blue Hue Fluid ΔE 6.9 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot