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Make a free guideLooking for a Basic Skin Tone equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Basic Skin Tone (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Metal Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, 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 Basic Skin Tone, 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 2Tallarn SandCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Yellow OchreAK Interactive Artist Dense AcrylicGreat match
- BaseBasic Skin ToneAK Interactive 3rd Gen
- Highlight 1Light FleshAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Highlight 2Castellax BronzeCitadel ColourGreat 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.