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Make a free guideLooking for a Black Brown equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Black Brown (Monument Pro Acryl) in Vallejo Game Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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 Black Brown, 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 2Afro ShadowAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Blue LinerReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseBlack BrownMonument Pro Acryl
- Highlight 1Sombre GreyVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Ash GreyArmy 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.