Phoenician Purple sits in the purple family: very dark in tone, vivid in saturation, cool in cast. It builds a smooth gradient with Kantor Blue underneath and Xereus Purple on the highlights, all in the Citadel line. Substitutes are thin here, with Green Stuff World Liche Purple the closest same-finish option at 76 percent and no brand hitting the strong-match bar. Cross-brand swaps are adjust-on-model territory here, useful as a starting point rather than an exact replacement.
Phoenician Purple equivalents in other ranges
We ran Citadel Phoenician Purple against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.
Even the nearest color, Green Stuff World Liche Purple, dries clearly more muted and lighter than Phoenician Purple, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
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90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Green Stuff World
P3 Paints
AK Interactive
Monument Pro Acryl
Scale75
The Army Painter
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What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Phoenician Purple?
The closest same-finish match is Green Stuff World Liche Purple at 76% color similarity.
What color is Phoenician Purple?
Phoenician Purple is a very dark vivid purple with a cool undertone (hex #440052).
What do I highlight and shade Phoenician Purple with?
Highlight Phoenician Purple toward Xereus Purple and shade it down into Kantor Blue, both Citadel paints in the same finish family.