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Make a free guideLooking for a Aircraft Grey equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Aircraft Grey (Reaper MSP) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, Warhammer Tone Pro, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, 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 Aircraft Grey, 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 2Mummified GrimeArmy Painter SpeedpaintGreat match
- Shade 1Grey CastleArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseAircraft GreyReaper MSP
- Highlight 1Leather WhiteReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Cold WhiteVallejo 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.