Paint Equivalents

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#3D2560 · L*20.7 a*25.4 b*-31.1

The closest match to The Army Painter Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Alien Purple is a very dark, saturated blue. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is Vallejo True Violet at ΔE 2.5 — very close. 22 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

This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Alien Purple (Warpaints Air)?

Vallejo True Violet is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Lavender (ΔE 2.7) and Reaper Gem Purple (ΔE 3.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Alien Purple (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is True Violet, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B True Violet Arte Deco 85.050 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Purple Arte Deco 85.045 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Lavender Acrylic Colors 410 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Perfect Purple Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2929 ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Gem Purple Master Series Paints Bones 9473 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Malvernian Purple Master Series Paints Core Colors 9296 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Acrilex

  1. B Violeta Cobalto Paints 540 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Violeta Escuro Paints 917 ΔE 9.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Acrilex conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. C Liche Purple Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Nightsahde Purple Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Scale75

  1. C Violet Artist Range ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Inktense Violet Inktensity Range ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. C Velvet Crush Colors 21487 ΔE 4.8 · close
  2. D Purple Iris Colors 21486 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. C Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix 382 ΔE 4.9 · close
  2. D Ultramarine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix 380 ΔE 6.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. D Roxo Puro TCUP-21 ΔE 5.1 · similar
  2. E Azul TC-0007 ΔE 10.3 · far

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. D Nauseating Blue Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.2 · similar
  2. D Chemos Purple Air ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Golden

  1. D Ultramarine Violet OPEN Acrylics 7401 ΔE 5.3 · similar
  2. D Prussian Blue Hue Fluid 2439 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Alien Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in P3

  1. D Beaten Purple Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.4 · similar
  2. E Exile Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 10.5 · far

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Alien Purple in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Foundry #45135A Royal Purple Shade Paint System ΔE 5.4
Kimera Kolors #44307B Phthalo Blu (Red Shade) Pure Pigments ΔE 5.5
Revell #28285E Night Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 5.6
Humbrol #2A1744 Purple Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 6.1
Mission Models #231962 Iridescent Plum Purple ΔE 6.1
Monument #3B3053 Vince Venturella Royal Purple Pro Signature Series ΔE 6.8
Mr. Hobby #3C2280 Purple Acrysion ΔE 6.9
Arteza #4E3880 Pearl Royal Purple Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 7.0
AK Interactive #543A7B Violet -70- Figures ΔE 7.1
Tamiya #202A67 Mixing blue Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.7
Mr. Paint #3D3657 Burnt Metal Violet Mr Paint ΔE 8.3
Duncan #593662 Enchantress Purple Wave 3 ΔE 8.3
Warcolours #560182 Violet 4 Layer paints ΔE 9.7
Creature #081144 Blue Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 9.9
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 10.5
Coat d'Arms #5D4569 Poison Purple Fantasy Range ΔE 11.7
Mig #56439C Violet Acrylics ΔE 12.3
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 20.6

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Hive Dweller Purple Speedpaint Set ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. C Purple Tone Warpaints Tone ΔE 4.7 · close
  3. C Alien Purple Warpaints ΔE 4.7 · close
  4. C Alien Purple Warpaints Primer ΔE 4.9 · close
  5. D Purple Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 5.1 · similar
  6. D Diabolic Plum Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.6 · similar

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