What is the difference between Violet and Black Grey?

ΔE 10 (close). Black Grey is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Violet vs Black Grey

Violet

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3d2d2a (estimate)

Black Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.862
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #241f1d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Black Grey is a little darker, more muted than Violet.

Can I use Black Grey instead of Violet?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Black Grey is a little darker, more muted than Violet.

Can I use Violet instead of Black Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Violet is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Violet on the colour wheel See Black Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Violet

Violet vs Hull Red (71.039)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Black Grey
Violet vs Burnt Umber (70.941)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Black Grey
Violet vs Mahogany (71.036)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Black Grey

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Black Grey

Black Grey vs Carbon Black (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Violet
Black Grey vs Tenebrous Teal (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Violet
Black Grey vs Darkness (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Violet equivalents · Black Grey equivalents