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Make a free guideLooking for a Coal Black equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Coal Black (Monument Pro Acryl) in Scale75 Scalecolor, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Coal 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 2Matt BlackArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Afro ShadowAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseCoal BlackMonument Pro Acryl
- Highlight 1Mechanicus Standard GreyCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Neutral GreyVallejo Model ColorGreat 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.