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Make a free guideLooking for a Tree Ancient equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Tree Ancient (Army Painter Fanatic) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Metal Color, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Tree Ancient, 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 1Dark Red ToneArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- BaseTree AncientArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Bootstrap BrownArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Warplock BronzeCitadel 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.