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Make a free guideLooking for a Brown Liner equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Brown Liner (Reaper MSP) in Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Brown Liner, 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 1Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseBrown LinerReaper MSP
- Highlight 1Skavenblight DingeCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Stormvermin FurCitadel ColourGreat 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.