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Make a free guideLooking for a Carmine Dragon equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Carmine Dragon (Army Painter Speedpaint) in Reaper MSP, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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 Carmine Dragon, 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 2Clotted RedReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Scarlet RedVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- BaseCarmine DragonArmy Painter Speedpaint
- Highlight 1Fae BlossomArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Weird ElixirArmy Painter FanaticGreat 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.