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Make a free guideLooking for a Desolate Brown equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Desolate Brown (Army Painter Speedpaint) in Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Metal Color, Monument Pro Acryl, 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 Desolate Brown, 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 2Military ShadeArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Olive DrabReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseDesolate BrownArmy Painter Speedpaint
- Highlight 1Thar BrownScale75 ScalecolorGreat match
- Highlight 2Bone ShadowReaper MSPGreat 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.