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Make a free guideLooking for a Gobi Brown equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Gobi Brown (Scale75 Scalecolor) in Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Quickshade, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Monument Pro Acryl, 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 Gobi Brown, 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 2Military ShadeArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1US Dark GreenAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseGobi BrownScale75 Scalecolor
- Highlight 1Tomb King TanArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Great Hall GreyArmy 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.