What is the difference between Black Purple and Chocolate Brown?

ΔE 6 (close). Chocolate Brown is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Black Purple vs Chocolate Brown

Black Purple

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: Color Punch
Code: AK11270
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4e484b (estimate)

Chocolate Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.872
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4d3d3e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chocolate Brown is a little darker, more saturated than Black Purple.

Can I use Chocolate Brown instead of Black Purple?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Chocolate Brown is a little darker, more saturated than Black Purple.

Can I use Black Purple instead of Chocolate Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Black Purple is a little lighter, more muted.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Black Purple on the colour wheel See Chocolate Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Black Purple

Black Purple vs Charcoal (72.155)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Black Purple vs Dark Grey RLM42 (71.123)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Black Purple vs Seaplane Gray (71.314)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown

Other AK Interactive paints close to Chocolate Brown

Chocolate Brown vs Dark Leather (AK17048)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Black Purple
Chocolate Brown vs Afro Shadow (AK11276)Color Punch · ΔE 7, close
Chocolate Brown vs Waffen Brown Grey (AK11416)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Black Purple equivalents · Chocolate Brown equivalents