Paints › Two Thin Coats › Magi Purple Wash › vs Black WashMagi Purple Wash vs Black Wash
Brand Two Thin Coats Range Washes Type a wash/shade Swatch #71546c (estimate)
Brand Vallejo Range Game Color Wash Code 73.201 Type a wash/shade Swatch #646367 (estimate) How close are they?
ΔE 16.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Black Wash is much more muted than Magi Purple Wash.
Can I use Black Wash instead of Magi Purple Wash? Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Black Wash is much more muted than Magi Purple Wash.
Can I use Magi Purple Wash instead of Black Wash? The same difference applies the other way round: Magi Purple Wash is much more saturated.
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 Magi Purple Wash on the colour wheel See Black Wash on the colour wheel
Other Vallejo paints close to Magi Purple Wash Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Black Wash All matches: Magi Purple Wash equivalents · Black Wash equivalents
© 2026 AK Tabletop Studio. Swatch colours are estimates and will differ from the real paints; cross-brand matches are close, never exact.
Chart-listed matches come from the Two Thin Coats Paint Comparison Chart 2024, the Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic conversion chart, the AK 3rd Generation Acrylics equivalence table (2021) and the Herrick Games hobby paint comparison chart; the rest are a nearest-colour calculation.
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