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Make a free guideLooking for a Rough Iron equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Rough Iron (Army Painter Fanatic) in Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Warpaints, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Rough Iron, 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 1Red CopperArmy Painter FanaticRough match
- BaseRough IronArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1True BrassArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Tinny TinVallejo Game ColorGreat 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.