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Make a free guideLooking for a Thousand Sons Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Thousand Sons Blue (Citadel Colour) in Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Speedpaint, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, 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 Thousand Sons 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 2Imperial BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenClose match
- Shade 1Night Lords BlueCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseThousand Sons BlueCitadel Colour
- Highlight 1Ashen BlueReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Gryph-Charger GreyCitadel ColourGreat 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.