What is the difference between Dark Prussian Blue and Dark Purple?

ΔE 7 (close). Dark Purple is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Prussian Blue vs Dark Purple

Dark Prussian Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #352a34 (estimate)

Dark Purple

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.749
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #382130 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Purple is more saturated, warmer than Dark Prussian Blue.

Can I use Dark Purple instead of Dark Prussian Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Dark Purple is more saturated, warmer than Dark Prussian Blue.

Can I use Dark Prussian Blue instead of Dark Purple?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Prussian Blue is more muted, cooler.

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 Dark Prussian Blue on the colour wheel See Dark Purple on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Prussian Blue

Dark Prussian Blue vs Black Violet (70.751)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Purple
Dark Prussian Blue vs Cam. Black Brown (70.822)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Purple
Dark Prussian Blue vs Dark Grey (70.994)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dark Purple

Other Scale75 paints close to Dark Purple

Dark Purple vs Dark Violet (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Prussian Blue
Dark Purple vs Dark Brown Ochre (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, fair
Dark Purple vs Black Leather (SC32)Scalecolor · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Dark Prussian Blue equivalents · Dark Purple equivalents