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Make a free guideLooking for a Dark Aluminium equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Aluminium (Vallejo Metal Color) in Vallejo Hobby Spray, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Colour Primer, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Model Wash, 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 Dark Aluminium, 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 2Dark GunmetalVallejo Game ColorClose match
- Shade 1Plate Mail MetalArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseDark AluminiumVallejo Metal Color
- Highlight 1Polished SteelArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2White AluminiumVallejo Metal 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.