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Make a free guideLooking for a Tarnished Copper equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Tarnished Copper (Reaper MSP) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Colour Primer, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Metal Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Tarnished Copper, 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 2Walnut BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Khorne RedCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseTarnished CopperReaper MSP
- Highlight 1Topaz SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Pink FleshScale75 ScalecolorGreat 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.