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