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