Brilliant Purple
Liquitex · Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylix · 590
#8961A7 · L*47.8 a*29.8 b*-31.5
The closest match to Liquitex Brilliant Purple in every other range, nearest first.
Liquitex Brilliant Purple is a mid-toned, saturated blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Vallejo Lustful Purple, ΔE 1.3. 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
What is the closest equivalent to Liquitex Brilliant Purple?
Vallejo Lustful Purple is the closest equivalent to Liquitex Brilliant Purple in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Kakophoni Purple (ΔE 3.0) and Mr. Hobby Metal Violet (ΔE 3.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Liquitex Brilliant Purple?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Lustful Purple, ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Liquitex to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Liquitex Brilliant Purple Shop Vallejo Lustful Purple (Game Air) Shop Vallejo Game Air set
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Vallejo
- A Lustful Purple Game Air 76.114 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C Violeta Wash Game Color 73.209 ΔE 3.9 · close
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Citadel
- B Kakophoni Purple Air ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Genestealer Purple Air ΔE 5.2 · similar
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Metal Violet Mr Metallic Color GX GX207 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- E Clear Purple Mr Clear Color GX GX107 ΔE 11.6 · far
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Turbo Dork
- B People Eater ΔE 3.4 · very close
- E Cool Ranch ΔE 15.5 · far
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Mig
- C Purple Acrylics AMIG0127 ΔE 4.4 · close
- E Violet Acrylics AMIG0126 ΔE 13.7 · far
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Vicious Purple Wash Ink ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Sacra Purple Intensity Ink ΔE 4.4 · close
Brilliant Purple equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Blue Violet Standard (3rd Gen) AK11070 ΔE 4.6 · close
- E Wwi German Mauve Air (3rd Gen) AK11804 ΔE 11.7 · far
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Duncan
- D Spectral Purple Wave 3 ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Sorceror's Cloak Wave 1 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Brilliant Purple equivalent in The Army Painter
- D Warlock Magenta Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Coven Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 7.7 · similar
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Acrilex
- D Roxo Paints 918 ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Violeta Paints 516 ΔE 7.5 · similar
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Arteza
- D Mauve Pole Acrylic Premium Paints A404 ΔE 6.4 · similar
- E Violet Acrylic Premium Paints A405 ΔE 13.5 · far
Brilliant Purple equivalent in Scale75
- D Pastel Violet Artist Range ΔE 7.3 · similar
- E Braineater Azure Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 10.4 · far
Brilliant Purple in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FolkArt | #82709A | Lavender Lace Multi-Surface Pearl Acrylics | ΔE 7.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #7E73AB | Lilac Mist Colors | ΔE 7.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #675A92 | Amethest Purple Fantasy Range | ΔE 8.3 |
| Warcolours | #987ABA | Transparent Violet Transparent paints | ΔE 8.6 |
| Mr. Paint | #7E4E82 | Signal Viollet RAL 4008 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 8.9 |
| Reaper | #6660AA | Ghoul Violet Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 9.0 |
| Monument | #8E5384 | Plum Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 9.2 |
| Foundry | #7362CA | Violet Light Paint System | ΔE 9.5 |
| Golden | #625BA9 | Light Violet Heavy Body | ΔE 9.7 |
| P3 | #6E5D7E | Piggy Purple Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 10.6 |
| Mission Models | #554F8F | Purple (Purple Violet) | ΔE 12.5 |
| Creature | #89338C | Purple Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 12.5 |
| Humbrol | #BC4996 | Magenta Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 13.2 |
| Tom Color | #62737D | Ana 608 Intermed. Blue | ΔE 15.1 |
| Tamiya | #474BA0 | Purple Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 15.4 |
| Revell | #5B6870 | Greyish Blue Email Color - Matt | ΔE 15.6 |
| Italeri | #71787B | Medium Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 16.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #87217A | Purple Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 16.4 |
Nearest colours inside Liquitex
- E Light Blue Violet Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 14.2 · far
- E Medium Magenta Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 20.0 · far
- E Cerulean Blue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 23.3 · far
- E Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 23.6 · far
- E Iridescent Rose Gold Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 26.2 · far
- E Cerulean Blue Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 26.3 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot