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Make a free guideLooking for a Dark Tone equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Tone (Army Painter Fanatic) in AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Metal Color, 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 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 2Matt BlackArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1BlackVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- BaseDark ToneArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Skavenblight DingeCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Stormvermin FurCitadel ColourGreat 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.