What is the difference between Liche Purple and Violet?

ΔE 17 (loose). Violet is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Liche Purple vs Violet

Liche Purple

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1790
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f245a (estimate)

Violet

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.960
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #342b4e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 17.0, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Violet is much more muted, cooler than Liche Purple.

Can I use Violet instead of Liche Purple?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Violet is much more muted, cooler than Liche Purple.

Can I use Liche Purple instead of Violet?

The same difference applies the other way round: Liche Purple is much more saturated, warmer.

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 Liche Purple on the colour wheel See Violet on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Liche Purple

Liche Purple vs Hexed Lichen (72.015)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Violet
Liche Purple vs Purple (70.959)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Violet
Liche Purple vs Royal Purple (70.810)Model Color · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Violet

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Violet

Violet vs Abyss Blue (1791)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 7, close · closer than Liche Purple
Violet vs Chancellor Blue (3222)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Liche Purple
Violet vs Malefic Purple (1847)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Liche Purple

All matches: Liche Purple equivalents · Violet equivalents