Paint Equivalents

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic Wash

#241C31 · L*12.1 a*9.4 b*-12.5

The closest match to The Army Painter Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Purple Tone is a very dark, muted blue. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Vallejo Royal Purple, ΔE 1.4. 20 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 is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash)?

Vallejo Royal Purple is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Nightshade Purple (ΔE 2.3) and Liquitex Indantherene Blue (ΔE 2.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Royal Purple, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Royal Purple Game Air 76.016 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Midnight Purple Game Color 72.116 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Nightshade Purple Master Series Paints Core Colors 9022 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. D Deep Twilight Master Series Paints Core Colors 9265 ΔE 7.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Indantherene Blue Heavy Body Acrylix 322 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Prism Violet Heavy Body Acrylix 391 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Purple Pansy Colors 21488 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Royal Violet Colors 20594 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Eggplant Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2930 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Uniform Blue Acrylic Colors 2430 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Dark Violet -71- Figures AK3095 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Amethyst Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11183 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Creature

  1. B Purple Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-051 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Dark Purple Monument Pro Acryl MPA-035 ΔE 9.2 · similar

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Golden

  1. C Dioxazine Violet Deep SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6600 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Anthraquinone Blue Fluid 2005 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in P3

  1. C Bad Bruise Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. E Asheth Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 12.7 · far

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Monument

  1. C Transparent Purple Pro Acrylic Paints 051 ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. D Dark Purple Pro Acrylic Paints 035 ΔE 7.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. D Porsche Ultra Violet Mr Paint - Car MRP-C041 ΔE 5.4 · similar
  2. D Sunset Violet Mr Paint MRP-157 ΔE 6.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Fanatic Wash) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. D German Gray Mr Color Modulation Set C40 ΔE 5.4 · similar
  2. D Jasdf Deep Ocean Blue Mr Color 375 ΔE 7.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Purple Tone in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Scale75 #2B1A3C Eldandil Violet Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 5.6
Citadel #1A213D Necron Abyss Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 6.4
Green Stuff World #2A2C41 Bluegrey Dusk Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.6
Foundry #2C1F26 Musket Stock Brown Shade Paint System ΔE 7.4
Warcolours #26121D Purple 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.8
Humbrol #2A1744 Purple Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 8.4
Tom Color #041738 Azul Oceano ΔE 9.1
Revell #212026 Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 9.1
Tamiya #02142E Dark blue Spray ΔE 9.8
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 10.0
Mig #333542 Dunkelgrau Base Acrylics ΔE 10.2
Duncan #22012E Von Evile Pimple Wave 3 ΔE 10.4
Arteza #131318 Mars Black Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 10.9
Kimera Kolors #2D2A2D Carbon Black Pure Pigments ΔE 11.0
Coat d'Arms #3E373E Dark Flesh Military Range ΔE 11.0
Mission Models #2A2B30 Pearl Deep Black ΔE 11.3
Acrilex #3B2E67 Violeta Cobalto Paints ΔE 12.9
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 25.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. B Broodmother Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Terrestial Titan Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 7.5 · similar
  3. D Purple Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 9.3 · similar
  4. D Purple Tone Warpaints Tone ΔE 9.3 · similar
  5. D Occultist Cloak Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 9.8 · similar
  6. E Dark Blue Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 10.2 · far

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