Purple Worm
The Army Painter · D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments · WP1712
#826D8D · L*49.0 a*14.6 b*-14.4
The closest match to The Army Painter Purple Worm in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Purple Worm is a mid-toned, moderately saturated blue. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is FolkArt Lavender Lace at ΔE 3.6 — close. 28 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Purple Worm?
FolkArt Lavender Lace is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Purple Worm in any other range, at ΔE 3.6 — a close substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Wwi German Mauve (ΔE 3.9) and Duncan Emperor's Purple (ΔE 5.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Purple Worm?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Violeta Wash, ΔE 7.3 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop The Army Painter Purple Worm Shop FolkArt Lavender Lace
Purple Worm equivalent in FolkArt
- C Lavender Lace Multi-Surface Pearl Acrylics 6317 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Victorian Violet Acrylic Colors 6470 ΔE 7.2 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Wwi German Mauve Air (3rd Gen) AK11804 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Blue Violet Standard (3rd Gen) AK11070 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in Duncan
- D Emperor's Purple Wave 3 ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Enticing Purple Wave 3 ΔE 8.7 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in Green Stuff World
- D Morrow Purple Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Bluebird Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.2 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in Citadel
- D Druchii Violet Shade ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Daemonette Hide Base ΔE 8.4 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in Foundry
- D Royal Purple Light Paint System 19C ΔE 5.9 · similar
- E Soviet Winter Brown Light Paint System 95C ΔE 12.0 · far
Purple Worm equivalent in P3
- D Piggy Purple Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.6 · similar
- E Troll Tongue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 16.2 · far
Purple Worm equivalent in Vallejo
- D Violeta Wash Game Color 73.209 ΔE 7.3 · similar
- D Lustful Purple Game Air 76.114 ΔE 8.9 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in Apple Barrel
- D Lilac Dust Colors 20559 ΔE 7.6 · similar
- D Lavender Sachet Colors 21893 ΔE 8.3 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in Reaper
- D Icy Violet Master Series Paints Bones 9425 ΔE 7.8 · similar
- D Drow Silver Master Series Paints Bones 9495 ΔE 8.6 · similar
Purple Worm equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- D Metal Purple Mr Metallic Color GX GX206 ΔE 8.5 · similar
- E Ice Silver Mr Metallic Color GX GX214 ΔE 11.3 · far
Purple Worm equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- D Enchanted Blue Fantasy Range 127 ΔE 8.7 · similar
- E Amethest Purple Fantasy Range 160 ΔE 10.7 · far
Purple Worm in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquitex | #8961A7 | Brilliant Purple Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.6 |
| Acrilex | #9976B4 | Violeta Paints | ΔE 9.7 |
| Scale75 | #73768B | Cobalt Violet Grey Artist Range | ΔE 10.3 |
| Monument | #8E5384 | Plum Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 10.4 |
| Warcolours | #987ABA | Transparent Violet Transparent paints | ΔE 10.7 |
| Mr. Paint | #7E4E82 | Signal Viollet RAL 4008 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 11.1 |
| Humbrol | #677290 | RAF Blue Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 12.2 |
| Mig | #9154A4 | Purple Acrylics | ΔE 12.3 |
| Arteza | #6F59A1 | Mauve Pole Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 12.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #935AAF | People Eater | ΔE 12.3 |
| Tom Color | #60606A | Amt-12 Dark Grey | ΔE 14.2 |
| Mission Models | #6D717A | Dark Ghost Grey FS 36320 | ΔE 14.4 |
| Golden | #625BA9 | Light Violet Heavy Body | ΔE 14.7 |
| Tamiya | #727071 | Metallic gray Lacquer Paint | ΔE 15.3 |
| Revell | #757A80 | Steel Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 16.0 |
| Italeri | #74797B | Flat Ocean Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 17.3 |
| Creature | #89338C | Purple Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 17.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 19.4 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- D Coven Purple Warpaints Air ΔE 7.1 · similar
- E Hexed Violet Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 11.9 · far
- E Toxic Boils Warpaints ΔE 12.6 · far
- E Uniform Grey Warpaints ΔE 12.8 · far
- E Orc Blood Warpaints ΔE 12.8 · far
- E Cultist Purple Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 13.0 · far
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