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Make a free guideLooking for a True Copper equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to True Copper (Army Painter Fanatic) in Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Xpress Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Monument Pro Acryl, 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 True Copper, 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 2Red CopperArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Talos BronzeArmy Painter SpeedpaintClose match
- BaseTrue CopperArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Tinny TinVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Pale Burnt MetalVallejo Metal 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.