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Make a free guideLooking for a Exhaust Manifold equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Exhaust Manifold (Vallejo Metal Color) in Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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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Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Exhaust Manifold, 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 2Red CopperArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Talos BronzeArmy Painter SpeedpaintGreat match
- BaseExhaust ManifoldVallejo Metal Color
- Highlight 1Pale Burnt MetalVallejo Metal ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Chainmail SilverVallejo Game 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.