Looking for a Sepia Ink equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Sepia Ink (Vallejo Game Color) in Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, Monument Pro Acryl, 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 Sepia 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 2Rust ToneArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Golden ArmourArmy Painter SpeedpaintGreat match
- BaseSepia InkVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Bony MatterArmy Painter SpeedpaintGreat match
- Highlight 2Flayed One FleshCitadel ColourGreat match
Mix starting points — real pigment blends shift a little; adjust by eye.
Your paints, one journey — the blends between them live here.
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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.