Looking for a Yellow Ink equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Yellow Ink (Vallejo Game Color) in Reaper MSP, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, 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.
Closest match in each brand
Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Yellow 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 2Balor BrownCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Snakebite LeatherCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseYellow InkVallejo Game Color
- Highlight 1Blonde HighlightReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Ice YellowArmy Painter FanaticGreat 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.