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Make a free guideLooking for a Blue Black equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Blue Black (Monument Pro Acryl) in Army Painter Speedpaint, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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 Blue Black, 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 2Dark Prussian BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Leviadon BlueCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseBlue BlackMonument Pro Acryl
- Highlight 1Grey-BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.