Paint Equivalents

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Tone · WP1140

#2A1C4D · L*14.7 a*20.3 b*-28.0

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

The Army Painter Purple Tone is a very dark, moderately saturated blue. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Violet at ΔE 1.1. 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

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

Scale75 Violet is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Golden Prussian Blue Hue (ΔE 1.4) and Vallejo Navy Blue (ΔE 1.6).

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

The nearest Vallejo paint is Navy Blue, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Purple Tone Shop Scale75 Violet Shop Scale75 Artist Range set

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Violet Artist Range ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. C Eldandil Violet Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 5.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Prussian Blue Hue Fluid 2439 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. C Dioxazine Purple Fluid 2150 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Navy Blue Arte Deco 85.069 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. D Ultramarine Blue Game Air 76.022 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Purple Acrylics - Gloss 68 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. D Midnight Blue Acrylics - Gloss 15 ΔE 8.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Lavender Acrylic Colors 410 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Violet Pansy Acrylic Colors 440 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Liquitex

  1. C Ultramarine Blue Green Shade Heavy Body Acrylix 380 ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. D Ultramarine Blue Red Shade Heavy Body Acrylix 382 ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Liquitex conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Citadel

  1. C Shyish Purple Contrast ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. D Naggaroth Night Base ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. C Royal Violet Colors 20594 ΔE 4.6 · close
  2. D Purple Velvet Gloss™ 20627 ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Revell

  1. D Night Blue Email Color - Gloss ΔE 5.1 · similar
  2. D Dark Blue Email Color - Silk ΔE 8.7 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Foundry

  1. D Violet Shade Paint System 40A ΔE 5.1 · similar
  2. D Royal Purple Shade Paint System 19A ΔE 7.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. D Imperial Blue Standard (3rd Gen) AK11180 ΔE 5.3 · similar
  2. D Dark Violet -71- Figures AK3095 ΔE 7.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Purple Tone (Warpaints Tone) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. D Iridescent Plum Purple MMP-157 ΔE 5.7 · similar
  2. D Blue MMP-048 ΔE 8.3 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Purple Tone in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Green Stuff World #392E56 Purple Vanity Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.8
Reaper #37266A Malvernian Purple Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 5.8
Creature #081144 Blue Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 6.0
Acrilex #3B2E67 Violeta Cobalto Paints ΔE 6.1
Monument #1D2347 Dark Purple Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.1
Mr. Paint #2A2746 Porsche Ultra Violet Mr Paint - Car ΔE 6.3
Tom Color #43135D Roxo Puro ΔE 7.2
Tamiya #202A67 Mixing blue Lacquer Paint ΔE 7.5
Warcolours #250038 Violet 5 Layer paints ΔE 7.6
Arteza #252E6B Phthalo Blue Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 8.2
Duncan #22012E Von Evile Pimple Wave 3 ΔE 8.2
Mr. Hobby #1E2D56 Phthalo Cyanine Blue Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 8.5
Italeri #1E2C4F Blue Angels Blue Acrylic Paint ΔE 8.8
Kimera Kolors #44307B Phthalo Blu (Red Shade) Pure Pigments ΔE 9.3
P3 #552A72 Beaten Purple Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 10.0
Coat d'Arms #5D4569 Poison Purple Fantasy Range ΔE 14.6
Mig #333542 Dunkelgrau Base Acrylics ΔE 15.0
Turbo Dork #495EA8 Cool Ranch ΔE 23.3

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Purple Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. C Alien Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 4.7 · close
  3. C Hive Dweller Purple Speedpaint Set ΔE 4.9 · close
  4. D Alien Purple Warpaints ΔE 7.0 · similar
  5. D Broodmother Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 8.4 · similar
  6. D Triumphant Navy Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 9.1 · similar

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