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Make a free guideLooking for a Dirty Grey equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dirty Grey (Vallejo Game Color) in Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Colour Primer, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Metal Color, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Dirty Grey, 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 2Black GreenAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1US Dark GreenAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseDirty GreyVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Grey GreenAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Highlight 2Warm GreyAK 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.