Quickshade: Dark Tone (dip tin) Equivalents
Army Painter Quickshade · Technical · Matte · QS1003
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Make a free guideLooking for a Quickshade: Dark Tone (dip tin) equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Quickshade: Dark Tone (dip tin) (Army Painter Quickshade) in Vallejo Weathering Effects, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Monument Pro Acryl, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, 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 Quickshade: Dark Tone (dip tin), 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 Prussian BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseQuickshade: Dark Tone (dip tin)Army Painter Quickshade
- Highlight 1Skavenblight DingeCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Brown GreyScale75 ScalecolorGreat 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.