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Make a free guideLooking for a Deep Red equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Deep Red (Scale75 Scalecolor) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Metal Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, 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 Deep Red, 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 2Evil RedVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Blackened BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseDeep RedScale75 Scalecolor
- Highlight 1Flesh WashReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Jasper SkinArmy Painter FanaticGreat 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.