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Make a free guideLooking for a Deep Grey equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Deep Grey (Army Painter Fanatic) in Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Reaper MSP, Citadel Colour, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Deep Grey, 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 2Midnight PurpleVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Dark BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseDeep GreyArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Uniform GreyArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2IronbreakerCitadel 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.