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Hydra Turquoise Equivalents

Army Painter Warpaints · Base · Matte · WP1141

Discontinued — see current equivalents below

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Looking for a Hydra Turquoise equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Hydra Turquoise (Army Painter Warpaints) in Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, 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 Hydra Turquoise, 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.

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Matches 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.