Looking for a Blue Ink equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Blue Ink (Vallejo Game Color) in Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Metal Color, 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.
Closest match in each brand
Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Blue Ink, 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 2Midnight SkyArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1UltramarineVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- BaseBlue InkVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Teclis BlueCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Sky BlueVallejo Model ColorGreat match
Mix starting points — real pigment blends shift a little; adjust by eye.
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Create your free guideMatches 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.