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Make a free guideLooking for a Blinding Light equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Blinding Light (Army Painter Speedpaint) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Blinding Light, 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 2Necrotic FleshArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Deck TanAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseBlinding LightArmy Painter Speedpaint
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No good highlight suggestion — Blinding Light is already near the edge of the catalog's value range, or nothing in the catalog is close enough to recommend.
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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.