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Make a free guideLooking for a Brown Ink equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Brown Ink (Reaper MSP) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Quickshade, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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 Brown Ink, 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 ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Walnut BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseBrown InkReaper MSP
- Highlight 1Flesh WashVallejo Model WashGreat match
- Highlight 2Paratrooper TanArmy 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.