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Make a free guideLooking for a Amaranth Red equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Amaranth Red (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Amaranth Red, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Dirty RedAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Evil Sunz ScarletCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseAmaranth RedAK Interactive 3rd Gen
- Highlight 1Violent VermillionArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Pale PinkMonument Pro AcrylGreat match
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Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.