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Make a free guideLooking for a Dark Blue Tone equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Blue Tone (Army Painter Fanatic) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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 Dark Blue Tone, 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 2Nightmare BlackReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Dark Prussian BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseDark Blue ToneArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Graphene GreyScale75 ScalecolorGreat match
- Highlight 2Grey-BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.