What is the difference between Ultimate Cup of Coffee and Gray Violet?

ΔE 7 (close). Gray Violet is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ultimate Cup of Coffee vs Gray Violet

Ultimate Cup of Coffee

Brand: Bear Cavalry
Range: Bear Cavalry Paints
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4d4d48 (estimate)

Gray Violet

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.128
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #595c5b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Gray Violet is a little lighter than Ultimate Cup of Coffee.

Can I use Gray Violet instead of Ultimate Cup of Coffee?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Gray Violet is a little lighter than Ultimate Cup of Coffee.

Can I use Ultimate Cup of Coffee instead of Gray Violet?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ultimate Cup of Coffee is a little darker.

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 Ultimate Cup of Coffee on the colour wheel See Gray Violet on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ultimate Cup of Coffee

Ultimate Cup of Coffee vs US Loam (71.292)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Gray Violet
Ultimate Cup of Coffee vs Khaki Green Num. (71.330)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Gray Violet
Ultimate Cup of Coffee vs Bronze Green (71.250)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Gray Violet

Other Bear Cavalry paints close to Gray Violet

Gray Violet vs Hell Bent for LeatherBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ultimate Cup of Coffee
Gray Violet vs 82nd All the WayBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 7, close · closer than Ultimate Cup of Coffee
Gray Violet vs Fade to BlackBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Ultimate Cup of Coffee equivalents · Gray Violet equivalents