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Make a free guideLooking for a Solar Flare equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Solar Flare (Army Painter Fanatic) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, 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 Solar Flare, 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 2Death Guard GreenCitadel ColourClose match
- Shade 1Mortarion GrimeCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseSolar FlareArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Light YellowVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Thallax GoldCitadel ColourGreat 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.