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Make a free guideLooking for a Valdor Gold equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Valdor Gold (Citadel Colour) in Reaper MSP, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Metal Color, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Model Wash, 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 Valdor Gold, 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 2Runelord BrassCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Skeleton BoneArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseValdor GoldCitadel Colour
- Highlight 1Pearl SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Ivory TuskArmy Painter FanaticGreat 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.