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Make a free guideLooking for a Soft Tone equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Soft Tone (Army Painter Fanatic) in Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Soft Tone, 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 2Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Hull RedAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseSoft ToneArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Mocca SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Weathered StoneReaper 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.