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Make a free guideLooking for a Rotting Wood equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Rotting Wood (Reaper MSP) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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 Rotting Wood, 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 2Grim BrownAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Russian GreenAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseRotting WoodReaper MSP
- Highlight 1Reddish GreyAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Highlight 2Vampiric ShadowReaper MSPGreat 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.