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Make a free guideLooking for a Copper equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Copper (Vallejo Metal Color) in Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Copper, 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 2Gemstone RedArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Weapon BronzeArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- BaseCopperVallejo Metal Color
- Highlight 1Tinny TinVallejo Game ColorRough match
- Highlight 2SilverVallejo Game ColorRough 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.