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Make a free guideLooking for a Plague Brown equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Plague Brown (Vallejo Game Color) in Vallejo Xpress Color, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Fanatic, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Plague Brown, 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 2Olive DrabReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Death Guard GreenCitadel ColourClose match
- BasePlague BrownVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Barren DuneArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Ice YellowArmy Painter FanaticGreat 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.