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Make a free guideLooking for a Blue Tone Wash equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Blue Tone Wash (Army Painter Warpaints) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Colour Primer, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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 Blue Tone Wash, 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 2Midnight PurpleVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Dark BlueVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- BaseBlue Tone WashArmy Painter Warpaints
- Highlight 1The FangCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Steel GreyVallejo Game ColorGreat 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.