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Make a free guideLooking for a Bright Gold equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Bright Gold (Army Painter Fanatic) in Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color, 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 Bright Gold, 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 2Tainted GoldArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Greedy GoldArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseBright GoldArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1BrassVallejo 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.