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Make a free guideLooking for a Light Brown equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Light Brown (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Scale75 Scalecolor, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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 Light Brown, 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 2Brown InkVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Fuegan OrangeCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseLight BrownAK Interactive 3rd Gen
- Highlight 1SalmonAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Highlight 2Fair SkinReaper MSPGreat 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.