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Make a free guideLooking for a Ground Texture - Grey Sand equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Ground Texture - Grey Sand (Vallejo Diorama FX) in Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Metal Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Model Wash, 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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Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Ground Texture - Grey Sand, 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 2Dirty GreyVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Grey GreenAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseGround Texture - Grey SandVallejo Diorama FX
- Highlight 1Pallid Wych FleshCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Off-WhiteVallejo Game ColorGreat 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.