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Make a free guideLooking for a Polished Steel equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Polished Steel (Army Painter Fanatic) in Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Metal Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Game Color Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Polished Steel, 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 1Tinny TinVallejo Game ColorRough match
- BasePolished SteelArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1White AluminiumVallejo Metal ColorClose match
- Highlight 2ChromeVallejo Metal ColorClose 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.