Looking for a Steel Wash equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Steel Wash (Reaper MSP) in Army Painter Fanatic, Monument Pro Acryl, Citadel Colour, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, 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.
Closest match in each brand
Overall closest colors
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Create your free guideMatches 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.