Looking for a Red Ink equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Red Ink (Vallejo Game Color) in Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Speedpaint, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Red 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 2Wazdakka RedCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Blood RedReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseRed InkVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Impish RougeArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2PinkMonument Pro AcrylGreat 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.