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Make a free guideLooking for a Light Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Light Blue (Reaper MSP) in Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Monument Pro Acryl, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Light Blue, 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 2CyanAK Interactive Artist Dense AcrylicGreat match
- Shade 1Aegis AquaArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseLight BlueReaper MSP
- Highlight 1Pastel GreenAK Interactive 3rd GenClose match
- Highlight 2Ulthuan GreyCitadel ColourClose 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.