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Make a free guideLooking for a Imperial Navy equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Imperial Navy (Army Painter Fanatic) in Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, 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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Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Imperial Navy, 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 1Purple Tone WashArmy Painter WarpaintsClose match
- BaseImperial NavyArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Stratos BlueArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Stormfang (Dry)Citadel 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.