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Make a free guideLooking for a Dirty Red equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dirty Red (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in Vallejo Game Color Effects, Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Metal Color, 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 Dirty 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 2Dark Red ToneArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Blackened BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseDirty RedAK Interactive 3rd Gen
- Highlight 1Flesh WashReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Jasper SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat 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.