Gloss Varnish Equivalents
Army Painter Warpaints · Shade · Matte · WP3173P
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Make a free guideLooking for a Gloss Varnish equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Gloss Varnish (Army Painter Warpaints) in Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Speedpaint, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Quickshade, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Gloss Varnish, 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 2Ghoul SkinReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Pallid Wych FleshCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseGloss VarnishArmy Painter Warpaints
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No good highlight suggestion — Gloss Varnish is already near the edge of the catalog's value range, or nothing in the catalog is close enough to recommend.
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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.