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Make a free guideLooking for a Leather Brown equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Leather Brown (Army Painter Fanatic) in Vallejo Metal Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Warpaints, 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 Leather Brown, 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 2Walnut BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Mahogany BrownVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- BaseLeather BrownArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Warplock BronzeCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Ancient WoodReaper 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.