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Make a free guideLooking for a Crystal Cavern equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Crystal Cavern (Army Painter Fanatic) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Colour Primer, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, 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 Crystal Cavern, 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 2Medium BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Boreal GreenScale75 ScalecolorGreat match
- BaseCrystal CavernArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Autumn SageArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Mossy GreenArmy 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.