The stored digital swatch for Dark Purple is a dark muted purple with a cool undertone. The listed matches for Dark Purple are from other paint-type groups. Vallejo Blue leads at 94 percent digital color similarity. The catalog suggests Payne's Grey as a darker color and Warm Grey as a lighter color to test, both from Monument Pro Acryl. A shared broad paint type does not guarantee the same sheen, opacity or thinner compatibility.
Dark Purple equivalents in other ranges
Review paint type as well as the color score for Dark Purple. These are approximate digital references, and a matching medium or sheen is not established by the group label.
Closest Vallejo equivalent: Vallejo Blue, a small digital color distance (delta E 1.2); different broad paint-type group: standard paint.
From The Army Painter: The Army Painter Terrestrial Titan, similar digital colors (delta E 2.2); different broad paint-type group: standard paint.
Citadel's closest color: Citadel Naggaroth Night, some difference between the stored swatches (delta E 3.2); different broad paint-type group: standard paint.
Nearest in the Green Stuff World catalog: Green Stuff World Chancellor Blue, similar digital colors (delta E 3.4); different broad paint-type group: standard paint.
The stored swatches have a small digital color distance of delta E 1.2. That does not measure dried-paint appearance, sheen or coverage; compare test patches before substituting.
How to read the score
96–100Very close color
88–95Close color
78–87Similar color
0–77Loose color match
Scores compare approximate digital swatches. Test the paint before substituting.
Vallejo
The Army Painter
Citadel
Green Stuff World
AK Interactive
P3 Paints
Scale75
Humbrol
Two Thin Coats
Revell
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
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Found in 4 other brands with a similar digital color in the same catalog paint-type group.
Possible uses for this color
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Monument Pro Acryl Dark Purple?
No result in the same broad paint-type group is stored. The leading digital color reference is Vallejo Blue at 94%, in a different group. This is a reference to investigate, not a tested replacement.
What color is Dark Purple?
The approximate digital swatch for Dark Purple is a dark muted purple with a cool undertone (hex #382E4B). It is not a physical paint measurement.
What do I highlight and shade Dark Purple with?
The digital catalog suggests testing Warm Grey for a lighter step and Payne's Grey for a darker step, both from Monument Pro Acryl. These are computed color suggestions, not tested layering recipes.