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Make a free guideLooking for a Blue Ink equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Blue Ink (Vallejo Game Color) in Citadel Colour, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Fanatic, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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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 2Purple Tone WashArmy Painter WarpaintsRough match
- Shade 1Violet InkVallejo Game ColorClose match
- BaseBlue InkVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Tyran BlueCitadel ColourGreat 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.