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Make a free guideLooking for a Gunmetal equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Gunmetal (Vallejo Hobby Spray) in Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color, Reaper MSP, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Gunmetal, 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 2Purple ToneArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1Occultist CloakArmy Painter SpeedpaintGreat match
- BaseGunmetalVallejo Hobby Spray
- Highlight 1Grey Knights SteelCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Pale Grey BlueVallejo Model ColorGreat 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.