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Make a free guideLooking for a Fresh Blood equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Fresh Blood (Vallejo Game Color Effects) in Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Wash, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Fresh Blood, 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 1Word Bearers RedCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseFresh BloodVallejo Game Color Effects
- Highlight 1Deep RedReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Intense Pink - IntenseAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.