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Make a free guideLooking for a Golden Armour equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Golden Armour (Army Painter Speedpaint) in Army Painter Colour Primer, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Game Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Wash, Monument Pro Acryl, 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 Golden Armour, 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 ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Dark RustAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseGolden ArmourArmy Painter Speedpaint
- Highlight 1Balthasar GoldCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Amber SkinArmy 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.