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Oak Brown Equivalents

Army Painter Warpaints · Base · Matte · WP1124

Discontinued — see current equivalents below

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