What is the difference between Blanched Berry and Black Leather?

ΔE 8 (close). Black Leather is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blanched Berry vs Black Leather

Blanched Berry

Brand: Army Painter
Range: John Blanche Vol. 1-4
Code: Vol. 2
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3d1f29 (estimate)

Black Leather

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC32
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3c2727 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Black Leather is more muted, warmer than Blanched Berry.

Can I use Black Leather instead of Blanched Berry?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Black Leather is more muted, warmer than Blanched Berry.

Can I use Blanched Berry instead of Black Leather?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blanched Berry is more saturated, cooler.

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 Blanched Berry on the colour wheel See Black Leather on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Blanched Berry

Blanched Berry vs Dark Violet (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Black Leather
Blanched Berry vs Dark Prussian Blue (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, fair
Blanched Berry vs Dark Brown Ochre (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 11, fair

Other Army Painter paints close to Black Leather

Black Leather vs Oak BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Blanched Berry
Black Leather vs Traitor RedWarpaints Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Blanched Berry
Black Leather vs Oak BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Blanched Berry

All matches: Blanched Berry equivalents · Black Leather equivalents