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Make a free guideLooking for a Dark Skin Shade equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Skin Shade (Army Painter Fanatic) in Monument Pro Acryl, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Game Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Metal Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Dark Skin Shade, 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 ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Dark RustArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseDark Skin ShadeArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Dark Elf SkinReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Dark Elf HighlightReaper MSPGreat 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.