Plum is a dark moderate purple with a cool undertone. It builds a smooth gradient with Purple underneath and Faded Plum on the highlights, all in the Monument Pro Acryl line. Substitutes are thin here, with The Army Painter Diabolic Plum 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.
Plum equivalents in other ranges
We ran Monument Pro Acryl Plum against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.
Even the nearest color, The Army Painter Diabolic Plum, dries clearly more muted than Plum, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
The Army Painter
Green Stuff World
Citadel
Two Thin Coats
Vallejo
AK Interactive
Scale75
P3 Paints
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
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Found in 0 other brands with a same-finish match.
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Monument Pro Acryl Plum?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Diabolic Plum at 76% color similarity.
What color is Plum?
Plum is a dark moderate purple with a cool undertone (hex #5B215C).
What do I highlight and shade Plum with?
Highlight Plum toward Faded Plum and shade it down into Purple, both Monument Pro Acryl paints in the same finish family.