Bad Bruise
P3 · Privateer Press Formula P3
#33283A · L*18.0 a*9.3 b*-9.6
The closest match to P3 Bad Bruise in every other range, nearest first.
P3 Bad Bruise is a very dark, muted blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Vallejo Royal Purple, ΔE 1.9. 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 P3 Bad Bruise?
Vallejo Royal Purple is the closest equivalent to P3 Bad Bruise in any other range, at ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Liquitex Indantherene Blue (ΔE 2.1) and AK Interactive Dark Violet -71- (ΔE 4.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to P3 Bad Bruise?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Royal Purple, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full P3 to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Bad Bruise equivalent in Vallejo
- A Royal Purple Game Color 72.016 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Dark Prussian Blue Model Color 70.899 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Bad Bruise equivalent in Liquitex
- B Indantherene Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 322 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Prism Violet Heavy Body Acrylix 391 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Bad Bruise equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Dark Violet -71- Figures AK3095 ΔE 4.3 · close
- C Amethyst Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11183 ΔE 4.6 · close
Bad Bruise equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Purple Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Broodmother Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 4.7 · close
Bad Bruise equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Chancellor Blue Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Bluegrey Dusk Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.1 · similar
Bad Bruise equivalent in Reaper
- C Nightshade Purple Master Series Paints Core Colors 9022 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Dark Elf Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9163 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Bad Bruise equivalent in FolkArt
- C Eggplant Acrylic Colors 2253 ΔE 4.8 · close
- C Eggplant Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2930 ΔE 4.9 · close
Bad Bruise equivalent in Creature
- D Purple Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-051 ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl MPA-040 ΔE 9.6 · similar
Bad Bruise equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- D Steel Red Acrysion N38 ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D German Gray Mr Color Modulation Set C40 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Bad Bruise equivalent in Mr. Paint
- D Eggplant Dark Grey - Blue SU-34 Mr Paint MRP-205 ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Sunset Violet Mr Paint MRP-157 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Bad Bruise equivalent in Foundry
- D Soviet Winter Brown Paint System 95B ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Soviet Winter Brown Shade Paint System 95A ΔE 5.6 · similar
Bad Bruise equivalent in Golden
- D Dioxazine Violet Deep SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6600 ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Dioxazine Purple Fluid 2150 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Bad Bruise in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scale75 | #252430 | Dark Prussian Blue Artist Range | ΔE 6.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #1E1832 | Purple Pansy Colors | ΔE 6.7 |
| Monument | #3B3053 | Vince Venturella Royal Purple Pro Signature Series | ΔE 7.0 |
| Citadel | #3B2B50 | Naggaroth Night Base | ΔE 7.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #3E373E | Dark Flesh Military Range | ΔE 7.5 |
| Warcolours | #423B43 | Brown 5 Layer paints | ΔE 7.9 |
| Mig | #333542 | Dunkelgrau Base Acrylics | ΔE 8.1 |
| Duncan | #4F3350 | Magi Purple Wash Wave 2 | ΔE 8.4 |
| Revell | #212026 | Black Email Color - Matt | ΔE 9.1 |
| Humbrol | #483A5E | Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 9.1 |
| Tom Color | #26252A | Flight Deck Stain | ΔE 9.2 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 9.3 |
| Mission Models | #2E2C2F | Japanese Q1 Anti Glare Blue Black Cowl WWII | ΔE 9.7 |
| Arteza | #3B3A40 | Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.9 |
| Italeri | #1E2C4F | Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 10.8 |
| Tamiya | #1D2D53 | Royal blue Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 11.6 |
| Acrilex | #3B2E67 | Violeta Cobalto Paints | ΔE 12.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 21.8 |
Nearest colours inside P3
- D Royal Violet Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 9.3 · similar
- E Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 11.3 · far
- E Rhok Hide Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 12.9 · far
- E Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 14.5 · far
- E Umbral Umber Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 15.2 · far
- E Battlefield Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 15.4 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot