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Make a free guideLooking for a Brass equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Brass (Vallejo Model Color) in Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Quickshade, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Speedpaint, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, 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 Brass, 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 2Greedy GoldArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Hoplite GoldArmy Painter SpeedpaintGreat match
- BaseBrassVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1Silver GreyAK Interactive 3rd GenRough 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.