What is the difference between Violet and Purple?

ΔE 7 (close). Purple is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Violet vs Purple

Violet

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #382c51 (estimate)

Purple

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.959
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4b2f57 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Purple is a little lighter, warmer than Violet.

Can I use Purple instead of Violet?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Purple is a little lighter, warmer than Violet.

Can I use Violet instead of Purple?

The same difference applies the other way round: Violet is a little darker, 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 Violet on the colour wheel See Purple on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Violet

Violet vs Violet (70.960)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Purple
Violet vs Blue (70.925)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Purple
Violet vs Dark Prussian Blue (70.899)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Scale75 paints close to Purple

Purple vs Eldandil Violet (SFG27)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Violet
Purple vs Violet (SC56)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair
Purple vs Deep Blue (SC55)Scalecolor · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Violet equivalents · Purple equivalents