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Make a free guideLooking for a Altdorf Guard Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Altdorf Guard Blue (Citadel Colour) in Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Altdorf Guard 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 2Velvet DuskArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Midnight SkyArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseAltdorf Guard BlueCitadel Colour
- Highlight 1Teclis BlueCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Sky BlueVallejo Model ColorGreat 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.