Cardinal Purple
Vallejo · Xpress Color · 72.408
#CC1828 · L*43.7 a*65.5 b*40.7
The closest match to Vallejo Cardinal Purple in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Cardinal Purple is a dark, vivid red. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint A Ii Kr Red at ΔE 1.4. 9 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 Vallejo Cardinal Purple?
Mr. Paint A Ii Kr Red is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Cardinal Purple in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Hobby Deep Clear Red (ΔE 1.4) and Italeri Guards Red (ΔE 1.5).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Cardinal Purple?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Foundry Red, ΔE 3.1 — a very close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Cardinal Purple Shop Mr. Paint A Ii Kr Red Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A A Ii Kr Red Mr Paint MRP-025 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C RLM 23 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A051 ΔE 4.1 · close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Deep Clear Red Mr Clear Color GX GX102 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Character Red Mr Color 108 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Italeri
- A Guards Red Acrylic Paint 4632AP ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Red Acrylic Paint 4605AP ΔE 3.2 · very close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Tom Color
- A Vermelho Gorro de Saci TCUP-09 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- D Vermelho Puro TC-0005 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Revell
- A Italian Red Email Color - Gloss ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Luminous Red Email Color - Silk ΔE 3.6 · close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Humbrol
- A Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays S220 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Red Acrylics - Gloss 19 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Dragonfire Red D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Pure Red Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.8 · very close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Arteza
- B Carmine Red Acrylic Premium Paints A205 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- D Crimson Red Acrylic Premium Paints A206 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Warcolours
- B Red 2 Layer paints ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Red 1 Layer paints ΔE 3.8 · close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Golden
- B Primary Magenta Heavy Body 1510 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Cadmium Red Medium Heavy Body 1100 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Tamiya
- B Mica red Lacquer Paint LP-42 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Italian red Lacquer Paint LP-21 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Cardinal Purple equivalent in Scale75
- B Antares Red Scale Color Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Crimsom Artist Range ΔE 3.8 · close
Cardinal Purple in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimera Kolors | #D02C2A | Cartacci Red Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 2.9 |
| Green Stuff World | #C22B24 | Carnage Red Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.0 |
| AK Interactive | #C53733 | Foundry Red Metallic (3rd Gen) | ΔE 3.1 |
| Acrilex | #D52A2B | Vermelho Paints | ΔE 3.4 |
| Reaper | #C32033 | Merisiel Red Master Series Paints Pathfinder | ΔE 3.4 |
| Mission Models | #C3122F | Red | ΔE 3.6 |
| Liquitex | #C42C21 | Naphthol Red Light Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.7 |
| Duncan | #BE392E | Hellspawn Red Wave 2 | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mig | #C13828 | Metallic Red Acrylics | ΔE 4.6 |
| P3 | #B12024 | Skorne Red Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.1 |
| Citadel | #C01411 | Evil Sunz Scarlet Air | ΔE 5.1 |
| FolkArt | #B42C36 | Red Light Pure™ Artist Pigment | ΔE 5.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B32E1F | Vampire Red Fantasy Range | ΔE 5.7 |
| Foundry | #B31E18 | Madder Red Light Paint System | ΔE 5.8 |
| Creature | #D00903 | Bold Pyrrole Red Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.5 |
| Monument | #E53941 | Rogue Hobbies Orange Red Pro Signature Series | ΔE 8.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #A50819 | Candy Apple Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 8.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #B44C4D | Red Queen | ΔE 8.9 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- A Burgundy Arte Deco ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Vermilion Model Color ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Magenta Mecha Color ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Scarlet Blood Game Color ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Pure Red Surface Primer ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Bloody Red Game Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
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