What is the difference between Dioxazine Violet and Dark Sea Blue?

ΔE 10 (close). Dark Sea Blue is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dioxazine Violet vs Dark Sea Blue

Dioxazine Violet

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #382b35 (estimate)

Dark Sea Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.898
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #202835 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Sea Blue is a little darker, cooler than Dioxazine Violet.

Can I use Dark Sea Blue instead of Dioxazine Violet?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Dark Sea Blue is a little darker, cooler than Dioxazine Violet.

Can I use Dioxazine Violet instead of Dark Sea Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dioxazine Violet is a little lighter, 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 Dioxazine Violet on the colour wheel See Dark Sea Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dioxazine Violet

Dioxazine Violet vs Black Violet (70.751)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Sea Blue
Dioxazine Violet vs Cam. Black Brown (70.822)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Sea Blue
Dioxazine Violet vs Dark Purple (70.749)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Sea Blue

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Dark Sea Blue

Dark Sea Blue vs Blue Black (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dioxazine Violet
Dark Sea Blue vs Tenebrous Teal (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dioxazine Violet
Dark Sea Blue vs Deep Rusto (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 10, close · closer than Dioxazine Violet

All matches: Dioxazine Violet equivalents · Dark Sea Blue equivalents