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Make a free guideLooking for a Cyan equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Cyan (AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic) in Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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 Cyan, 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 2Midnight SkyArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Drakenhof NightshadeCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseCyanAK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic
- Highlight 1Aegis AquaArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Bright SapphireArmy 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.