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Make a free guideLooking for a Polished Gold equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Polished Gold (Vallejo Game Color) in Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, 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 Polished Gold, 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 2Golden OliveAK Interactive 3rd GenClose match
- Shade 1GoldVallejo Model ColorClose match
- BasePolished GoldVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Glorious GoldVallejo Game ColorRough match
- Highlight 2Brassy BrassVallejo Game ColorRough 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.