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Make a free guideLooking for a Cantabric Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Cantabric Blue (Scale75 Scalecolor) in Citadel Colour, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Wash, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Warpaints, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Cantabric 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 2Imperial BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenClose match
- Shade 1Dark BlueVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- BaseCantabric BlueScale75 Scalecolor
- Highlight 1Heather BlueReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Gryph-Charger GreyCitadel 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.