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Make a free guideLooking for a Opal Skin equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Opal Skin (Army Painter Fanatic) in Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Model Wash, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Opal Skin, 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 2Parasite BrownVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Basic FleshScale75 ScalecolorGreat match
- BaseOpal SkinArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Pearl SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Pastel VioletAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.