Violet
Kimera Kolors · Kimera Kolors Pure Pigments · PV23
#3E0F7F · L*19.6 a*45.4 b*-52.9
The closest match to Kimera Kolors Violet in every other range, nearest first.
Kimera Kolors Violet is a very dark, vivid blue. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is Golden Transparent Dioxazine Purple at ΔE 3.6 — close. 25 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 Kimera Kolors Violet?
Golden Transparent Dioxazine Purple is the closest equivalent to Kimera Kolors Violet in any other range, at ΔE 3.6 — a close substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Hobby Purple (ΔE 3.7) and Green Stuff World Persian Violet (ΔE 4.1).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Kimera Kolors Violet?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Ultra Blue Deep, ΔE 7.1 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Kimera Kolors to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Kimera Kolors Violet Shop Golden Transparent Dioxazine Purple Shop Golden High Flow set
Violet equivalent in Golden
- C Transparent Dioxazine Purple High Flow 8556 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Ultramarine Blue Fluid 2400 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Violet equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Purple Acrysion SP67 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Clear Violet Mr Clear Color GX GX108 ΔE 4.4 · close
Violet equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Persian Violet Metallic Colors ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Liche Purple Acrylic Colors ΔE 8.6 · similar
Violet equivalent in Warcolours
- C Violet 4 Layer paints ΔE 4.3 · close
- E Metallic Violet Metallic paints ΔE 10.9 · far
Violet equivalent in Scale75
- C Inktense Violet Inktensity Range ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Dark Ultramarine Artist Range ΔE 6.6 · similar
Violet equivalent in Apple Barrel
- D Purple Iris Colors 21486 ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Princess Purple Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21978E ΔE 8.8 · similar
Violet equivalent in Citadel
- D Nauseating Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Liche Purple Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 7.9 · similar
Violet equivalent in Mission Models
- D Transparent Blue MMP-168 ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Iridescent Plum Purple MMP-157 ΔE 6.9 · similar
Violet equivalent in The Army Painter
- D Alien Purple Warpaints Primer CP3019 ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Hive Dweller Purple Speedpaint Set ΔE 8.3 · similar
Violet equivalent in Reaper
- D Azlanti Violet Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89533 ΔE 6.6 · similar
- D Clear Purple Master Series Paints Core Colors 9099 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Violet equivalent in Tom Color
- D Roxo Puro TCUP-21 ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Azul TC-0007 ΔE 7.8 · similar
Violet equivalent in Vallejo
- D Ultra Blue Deep Arte Deco 85.060 ΔE 7.1 · similar
- D Imperial Purple Nocturna Models 74.025 ΔE 7.2 · similar
Violet in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #0E1E7D | Racing blue Spray | ΔE 7.1 |
| FolkArt | #1F135B | Purple Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ | ΔE 7.5 |
| Foundry | #45135A | Royal Purple Shade Paint System | ΔE 7.9 |
| P3 | #552A72 | Beaten Purple Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.2 |
| Monument | #09125D | Transparent Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 8.8 |
| Acrilex | #3B2E67 | Violeta Cobalto Paints | ΔE 9.7 |
| Arteza | #4E3880 | Pearl Royal Purple Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 9.7 |
| Liquitex | #1D1F58 | Ultramarine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 10.3 |
| Revell | #28285E | Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 10.7 |
| AK Interactive | #543A7B | Violet -70- Figures | ΔE 10.9 |
| Mr. Paint | #6632B1 | Violet Clear Mr Paint | ΔE 11.3 |
| Humbrol | #2A1744 | Purple Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 12.1 |
| Mig | #56439C | Violet Acrylics | ΔE 12.6 |
| Creature | #081144 | Blue Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 12.9 |
| Duncan | #34444C | Oxidation Green Wave 3 | ΔE 13.4 |
| Italeri | #1D343A | Gunship Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 15.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3D4A90 | Nauseous Blue Fantasy Range | ΔE 16.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #495EA8 | Cool Ranch | ΔE 22.1 |
Nearest colours inside Kimera Kolors
- D Phthalo Blu (Red Shade) Pure Pigments ΔE 7.6 · similar
- E Phthalo Blu (Green Shade) Pure Pigments ΔE 12.3 · far
- E Purple Expansion Set 1 ΔE 16.1 · far
- E Ultramarine Blue Expansion Set 1 ΔE 17.0 · far
- E Phtalo Green Pure Pigments ΔE 19.7 · far
- E Alizarin Crimson Expansion Set 1 ΔE 24.7 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot