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Make a free guideLooking for a Tau Light Ochre equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Tau Light Ochre (Citadel Colour) in Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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 Tau Light Ochre, 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 2Wine RedAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Skrag BrownCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseTau Light OchreCitadel Colour
- Highlight 1SalmonAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Highlight 2Luminous FleshAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.