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Make a free guideLooking for a Aethermatic Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Aethermatic Blue (Citadel Colour) in Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, 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 Aethermatic Blue, 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 2Phalanx BlueArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Grey BlueMonument Pro AcrylGreat match
- BaseAethermatic BlueCitadel Colour
- Highlight 1Ulthuan GreyCitadel ColourClose match
- Highlight 2Blue GreyAK Interactive 3rd GenClose 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.