What is the difference between Royal Cloak and Royal Purple?

ΔE 23 (loose). Royal Purple is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Royal Cloak vs Royal Purple

Royal Cloak

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #524149 (estimate)

Royal Purple

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.016
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1b162a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 23.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Royal Purple is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler than Royal Cloak.

Can I use Royal Purple instead of Royal Cloak?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 23). Royal Purple is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler than Royal Cloak.

Can I use Royal Cloak instead of Royal Purple?

The same difference applies the other way round: Royal Cloak is noticeably lighter, more muted, warmer.

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 Royal Cloak on the colour wheel See Royal Purple on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Royal Cloak

Royal Cloak vs Chocolate Brown (70.872)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Royal Purple
Royal Cloak vs Charcoal (72.155)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Royal Purple
Royal Cloak vs Dark Sea Green (70.868)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Royal Purple

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Royal Purple

Royal Purple vs Von Evile PurpleTriads: shadows · ΔE 8, close · closer than Royal Cloak
Royal Purple vs Doom Death BlackTriads: shadows · ΔE 21, loose · closer than Royal Cloak
Royal Purple vs Amphora RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Royal Cloak equivalents · Royal Purple equivalents