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Make a free guideLooking for a Black Primer equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Black Primer (Vallejo Hobby Spray) in Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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 Black Primer, 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.
- BaseBlack PrimerVallejo Hobby Spray
- Highlight 1Corvus BlackCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2MahoganyMonument Pro AcrylGreat match
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No good shade suggestion — Black Primer is already near the edge of the catalog's value range, or nothing in the catalog is close enough to recommend.
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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.