Royal Purple (Warpaints Air)
The Army Painter · Warpaints Air
#43173B · L*16.1 a*26.5 b*-13.1
The closest match to The Army Painter Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Royal Purple is a very dark, moderately saturated magenta. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Scale75 Dark Violet, ΔE 1.2. 26 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 Royal Purple (Warpaints Air)?
Scale75 Dark Violet is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Barak-Nar Burgundy (ΔE 2.1) and Golden Permanent Violet Dark (ΔE 3.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Royal Purple (Warpaints Air)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Royal Purple, ΔE 5.3 — 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 Royal Purple Shop Scale75 Dark Violet Shop Scale75 Artist Range set
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Scale75
- A Dark Violet Artist Range ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- D Eldandil Violet Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 7.8 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel
- B Barak-Nar Burgundy Base ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Gal Vorbak Red Air ΔE 3.8 · close
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Golden
- B Permanent Violet Dark Fluid 2253 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Permanent Violet Dark Heavy Body 1253 ΔE 4.0 · close
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper
- C Violet Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9237 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Burgundy Wine Master Series Paints Core Colors 9025 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Vallejo
- D Royal Purple Model Color 70.810 ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Hexed Lichen Game Color 72.015 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt
- D Red Violet Acrylic Colors 636 ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Juneberry Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2386 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- D Sunset Violet Mr Paint MRP-157 ΔE 5.9 · similar
- E Porsche Sternrubin Neo Mr Paint - Car MRP-C040 ΔE 10.5 · far
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Foundry
- D Deep Maroon Shade Paint System 64A ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D Deep Mauve Shade Paint System 58A ΔE 8.6 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Liquitex
- D Deep Violet Heavy Body Acrylix 115 ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Quinacridone Blue Violet Heavy Body Acrylix 118 ΔE 7.1 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Apple Barrel
- D Velvet Crush Colors 21487 ΔE 7.1 · similar
- D Purple Velvet Gloss™ 20627 ΔE 9.5 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Duncan
- D Magi Purple Wash Wave 2 ΔE 8.0 · similar
- D Von Evile Pimple Wave 3 ΔE 8.8 · similar
Royal Purple (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Green Stuff World
- D Liche Purple Acrylic Colors ΔE 8.5 · similar
- D Nightsahde Purple Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 8.6 · similar
Royal Purple in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humbrol | #2A1744 | Purple Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 9.0 |
| Warcolours | #6A2C51 | Purple 4 Layer paints | ΔE 9.2 |
| AK Interactive | #2C223D | Dark Violet -71- Figures | ΔE 9.9 |
| Tom Color | #43135D | Roxo Puro | ΔE 9.9 |
| P3 | #33283A | Bad Bruise Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 10.8 |
| Monument | #3B3053 | Vince Venturella Royal Purple Pro Signature Series | ΔE 10.9 |
| Acrilex | #683348 | Vinho Paints | ΔE 11.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #5F3E5B | Super Wash Purple Fantasy Range - Ink Wash | ΔE 11.2 |
| Mig | #381B20 | Dunkelgelb Shadow Acrylics | ΔE 11.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #62192F | Alizarin Crimson Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 11.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #552E34 | Hull Red Acrysion | ΔE 12.4 |
| Creature | #221B29 | Purple Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 13.2 |
| Revell | #28285E | Night Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 14.6 |
| Mission Models | #231962 | Iridescent Plum Purple | ΔE 14.8 |
| Italeri | #3D2624 | Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 15.4 |
| Arteza | #4E3880 | Pearl Royal Purple Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 16.1 |
| Tamiya | #202A67 | Mixing blue Lacquer Paint | ΔE 17.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 27.2 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- D Witchbane Plum Warpaints Air ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Magenta Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 7.4 · similar
- D Alien Purple Warpaints ΔE 8.6 · similar
- D Royal Purple Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 9.7 · similar
- E Purple Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 10.0 · far
- E Mulled Berry Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 10.1 · far
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