What is the difference between Anthracite Gray and Violet Grey?

ΔE 7 (close). Violet Grey is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Anthracite Gray vs Violet Grey

Anthracite Gray

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC04
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5f5f64 (estimate)

Violet Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.773
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c5051 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Violet Grey is a little darker than Anthracite Gray.

Can I use Violet Grey instead of Anthracite Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Violet Grey is a little darker than Anthracite Gray.

Can I use Anthracite Gray instead of Violet Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Anthracite Gray is a little lighter.

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 Anthracite Gray on the colour wheel See Violet Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Anthracite Gray

Anthracite Gray vs London Grey (70.836)Model Color · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Violet Grey
Anthracite Gray vs Dark Sea Grey (70.991)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Violet Grey
Anthracite Gray vs Grey Violet RLM75 (71.259)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Violet Grey

Other Scale75 paints close to Violet Grey

Violet Grey vs Rlyeh Grey (SFG45)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Anthracite Gray
Violet Grey vs Graphene Gray (SC58)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close
Violet Grey vs Titanium Grey (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Anthracite Gray equivalents · Violet Grey equivalents