What is the difference between Violet and Hull Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Hull Red is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Violet vs Hull Red

Violet

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

Hull Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.985
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4e2e33 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Hull Red is more saturated, cooler than Violet.

Can I use Hull Red instead of Violet?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Hull Red is more saturated, cooler than Violet.

Can I use Violet instead of Hull Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Violet is more muted, 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 Violet on the colour wheel See Hull Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Violet

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

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Hull Red

Hull Red vs Black Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Violet
Hull Red vs Oxide Brown Dark (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Violet
Hull Red vs Darkness (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Violet equivalents · Hull Red equivalents