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Make a free guideLooking for a Dry Blood equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dry Blood (Army Painter Fanatic) in Reaper MSP, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Citadel Colour, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Wash, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, 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 Dry Blood, 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 Prussian BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseDry BloodArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Burgundy WineReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Dark Elf SkinReaper 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.