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Make a free guideLooking for a Steel Grey equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Steel Grey (Vallejo Game Color) in Reaper MSP, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, 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.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Steel 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 2Blue Tone WashArmy Painter WarpaintsGreat match
- Shade 1Russ GreyCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseSteel GreyVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Wolf GreyVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Blue 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.