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Make a free guideLooking for a Flickering Flame equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Flickering Flame (Army Painter Fanatic) in Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Colour Primer, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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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Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Flickering Flame, 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 2Intense BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Bronzed SkinReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseFlickering FlameArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Warm FleshMonument Pro AcrylGreat match
- Highlight 2Quartz SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat 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.