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Make a free guideLooking for a Ducat Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Ducat Blue (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Ducat Blue, 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 BlueVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- Shade 1FrostheartCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseDucat BlueAK Interactive 3rd Gen
- Highlight 1Deep Sky BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Highlight 2Pale BlueVallejo Model ColorGreat 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.