What is the difference between Garnet Purple and Demonic Skin?

ΔE 17 (loose). Demonic Skin is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Garnet Purple vs Demonic Skin

Garnet Purple

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4218
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #742f55 (estimate)

Demonic Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.458
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #753d45 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 17.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Demonic Skin is more muted, warmer than Garnet Purple.

Can I use Demonic Skin instead of Garnet Purple?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Demonic Skin is more muted, warmer than Garnet Purple.

Can I use Garnet Purple instead of Demonic Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Garnet Purple 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 Garnet Purple on the colour wheel See Demonic Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Garnet Purple

Garnet Purple vs Deep Purple (72.409)Xpress Color · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Demonic Skin
Garnet Purple vs Twilight Rose (72.460)Xpress Color · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Demonic Skin
Garnet Purple vs Velvet Red (72.407)Xpress Color · ΔE 20, loose

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Demonic Skin

Demonic Skin vs Goth Skin (4236)Dipping Inks · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Garnet Purple
Demonic Skin vs Burgundy (4237)Dipping Inks · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Garnet Purple
Demonic Skin vs Glorious Magenta (4219)Dipping Inks · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Garnet Purple

All matches: Garnet Purple equivalents · Demonic Skin equivalents