Looking for a Brown Ink equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Brown Ink (Vallejo Game Color) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Quickshade, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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
Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Brown 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 2Dark RustArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Doombull BrownCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseBrown InkVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Ruddy UmberArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2SandalwoodScale75 ScalecolorGreat 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.