What is the difference between Purple Black and Camou. Dark Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Camou. Dark Green is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Purple Black vs Camou. Dark Green

Purple Black

Brand: Nocturna Models
Range: N-Paint Basic
Code: NA09
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #473b3f (estimate)

Camou. Dark Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.019
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #414744 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Camou. Dark Green is a little lighter than Purple Black.

Can I use Camou. Dark Green instead of Purple Black?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Camou. Dark Green is a little lighter than Purple Black.

Can I use Purple Black instead of Camou. Dark Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Purple Black is a little darker.

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 Purple Black on the colour wheel See Camou. Dark Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Purple Black

Purple Black vs Chocolate Brown (70.872)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Camou. Dark Green
Purple Black vs Charcoal (72.155)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Camou. Dark Green
Purple Black vs Dark Sea Green (70.868)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Camou. Dark Green

Other Nocturna Models paints close to Camou. Dark Green

Camou. Dark Green vs Woodland Green (NA33)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Purple Black
Camou. Dark Green vs Darkness Grey (NA11)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Purple Black
Camou. Dark Green vs Slate Grey (NA10)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 7, close · closer than Purple Black

All matches: Purple Black equivalents · Camou. Dark Green equivalents