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Make a free guideLooking for a Plasma Glow equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Plasma Glow (Army Painter Fanatic) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Xpress Color, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Plasma Glow, 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 2Skrag BrownCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Explosion OrangeReaper MSPGreat match
- BasePlasma GlowArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Blonde HighlightReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Light FleshAK 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.