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Make a free guideLooking for a Flesh Wash equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Flesh Wash (Army Painter Warpaints) in Vallejo Metal Color, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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 Flesh 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 2Doombull BrownCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Harvest BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseFlesh WashArmy Painter Warpaints
- Highlight 1Basic FleshAK Interactive Artist Dense AcrylicGreat match
- Highlight 2Leopard Stone 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.