Transparent Purple
Monument · Monument Pro Acrylic Paints · 051
#16172B · L*8.6 a*6.0 b*-13.7
The closest match to Monument Transparent Purple in every other range, nearest first.
Monument Transparent Purple is a very dark, muted blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Uniform Blue at ΔE 0.8. 19 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 Monument Transparent Purple?
FolkArt Uniform Blue is the closest equivalent to Monument Transparent Purple in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Golden Dioxazine Purple (ΔE 1.3) and Vallejo Imperial Blue (ΔE 1.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Monument Transparent Purple?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Imperial Blue, ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Monument to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Monument Transparent Purple Shop FolkArt Uniform Blue Shop FolkArt Acrylic Colors set
Transparent Purple equivalent in FolkArt
- A Uniform Blue Acrylic Colors 2430 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- C Eggplant Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2930 ΔE 4.8 · close
Transparent Purple equivalent in Golden
- A Dioxazine Purple OPEN Acrylics 7150 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- B Turquoise (phthalo) Heavy Body 1390 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Transparent Purple equivalent in Vallejo
- A Imperial Blue Game Air 76.020 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- D Infantry Blue Model Color 70.752 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in Reaper
- C Deep Twilight Master Series Paints Core Colors 9265 ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Nightmare Black Master Series Paints Core Colors 9280 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Purple Pansy Colors 21488 ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Black Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21985E ΔE 5.5 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in Liquitex
- C Phthalocyanine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix 314 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Indantherene Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 322 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in Foundry
- C Prussian Blue Paint System 66B ΔE 4.5 · close
- D French Blue Shade Paint System 65A ΔE 7.8 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Purple Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.5 · close
- C Broodmother Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 4.6 · close
Transparent Purple equivalent in Citadel
- C Necron Abyss Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Ultramarines Blue Contrast ΔE 9.3 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in Creature
- C Purple Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-051 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Dark Purple Monument Pro Acryl MPA-035 ΔE 8.5 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Gloss Seablue Fs151042 Mr Color 365 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D MS Phantom Gray Mr Color Gundam Color UG16 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Transparent Purple equivalent in AK Interactive
- D Dark Prussian Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11189 ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Pb20 Dark Blue Naval AK5043 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Transparent Purple in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #02142E | Dark blue Spray | ΔE 5.6 |
| Scale75 | #000B2B | Deep Ocean Warfront Range | ΔE 5.8 |
| Tom Color | #041738 | Azul Oceano | ΔE 6.2 |
| Mr. Paint | #051223 | Toyota Gr Supra Deep Blue Metallic Mr Paint - Car | ΔE 6.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #2A2C41 | Bluegrey Dusk Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.6 |
| P3 | #33283A | Bad Bruise Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.0 |
| Revell | #212026 | Black Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.2 |
| Mission Models | #122742 | USN/USMC Sea Blue FS 35042 | ΔE 8.4 |
| Arteza | #131318 | Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 8.8 |
| Italeri | #1E2C4F | Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.9 |
| Mig | #282B34 | RLM 66 Schwartzgrau Acrylics | ΔE 9.2 |
| Humbrol | #2A1744 | Purple Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 10.3 |
| Warcolours | #26121D | Purple 5 Layer paints | ΔE 10.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 11.2 |
| Duncan | #22012E | Von Evile Pimple Wave 3 | ΔE 12.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3E373E | Dark Flesh Military Range | ΔE 12.8 |
| Acrilex | #3B2E67 | Violeta Cobalto Paints | ΔE 14.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 26.1 |
Nearest colours inside Monument
- D Dark Blue Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Dark Purple Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Transparent Black Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 9.6 · similar
- E Coal Black Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 10.8 · far
- E PRIME Black Pro Acrylic Primer ΔE 10.8 · far
- E Vince Venturella Royal Purple Pro Signature Series ΔE 11.2 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot