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