Paint Equivalents

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. 21 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Bad Bruise equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Royal Purple 72.016 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Prussian Blue 70.899 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full P3 → Vallejo chart

Bad Bruise equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Indantherene Blue 322 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Prism Violet 391 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full P3 → Liquitex chart

Bad Bruise equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. C Dark Violet -71- AK3095 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. C Amethyst Blue AK11183 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full P3 → AK Interactive chart

Bad Bruise equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Purple Tone ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. C Broodmother Purple ΔE 4.7 · close

Full P3 → The Army Painter chart

Bad Bruise equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. C Chancellor Blue ΔE 4.7 · close
  2. D Bluegrey Dusk ΔE 6.1 · similar

Full P3 → Green Stuff World chart

Bad Bruise equivalent in Reaper

  1. C Nightshade Purple 9022 ΔE 4.8 · close
  2. D Dark Elf Shadow 9163 ΔE 5.9 · similar

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Bad Bruise equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Eggplant 2253 ΔE 4.8 · close
  2. C Eggplant 2930 ΔE 4.9 · close

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Bad Bruise equivalent in Creature

  1. D Purple MPA-051 ΔE 5.0 · similar
  2. D Black Brown MPA-040 ΔE 9.6 · similar

Bad Bruise equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. D Steel Red N38 ΔE 5.0 · similar
  2. D Steel Red H38 ΔE 5.0 · similar

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Bad Bruise equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. D Eggplant Dark Grey - Blue SU-34 MRP-205 ΔE 5.5 · similar
  2. D Sunset Violet MRP-157 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full P3 → Mr. Paint chart

Bad Bruise equivalent in Foundry

  1. D Soviet Winter Brown 95B ΔE 5.5 · similar
  2. D Soviet Winter Brown Shade 95A ΔE 5.6 · similar

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Bad Bruise equivalent in Golden

  1. D Dioxazine Violet Deep 6600 ΔE 5.6 · similar
  2. D Dioxazine Purple 2150 ΔE 6.7 · similar

Full P3 → Golden chart

Bad Bruise in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Scale75 #252430 Dark Prussian Blue ΔE 6.3
Apple Barrel #1E1832 Purple Pansy ΔE 6.7
Monument #3B3053 Vince Venturella Royal Purple ΔE 7.0
Citadel #3B2B50 Naggaroth Night ΔE 7.3
Coat d'Arms #3E373E Dark Flesh ΔE 7.5
Warcolours #423B43 Brown 5 ΔE 7.9
Mig #333542 Dunkelgrau Base ΔE 8.1
Duncan #4F3350 Magi Purple Wash ΔE 8.4
Revell #212026 Black ΔE 9.1
Humbrol #483A5E Gloss Purple ΔE 9.1
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black ΔE 9.3
Mission Models #2E2C2F Japanese Q1 Anti Glare Blue Black Cowl WWII ΔE 9.7
Arteza #3B3A40 Payne's Gray ΔE 9.9
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue ΔE 10.8
Tamiya #1D2D53 Royal blue ΔE 11.6
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 21.8

Nearest colours inside P3

  1. D Royal Violet ΔE 9.3 · similar
  2. E Asheth Grey ΔE 11.3 · far
  3. E Rhok Hide ΔE 12.9 · far
  4. E Exile Blue ΔE 14.5 · far
  5. E Umbral Umber ΔE 15.2 · far
  6. E Battlefield Brown ΔE 15.4 · far