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Make a free guideLooking for a Polished Silver equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Polished Silver (Army Painter Speedpaint) in Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Polished Silver, 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 EmeraldArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Tainted GoldArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BasePolished SilverArmy Painter Speedpaint
- Highlight 1Chainmail SilverVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Silver GreyAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.