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Make a free guideLooking for a Dark Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Blue (Vallejo Model Color) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Fanatic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, 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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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Dark Blue, 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 2Imperial BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenClose match
- Shade 1Midnight SkyArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- BaseDark BlueVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1Alaitoc BlueCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Andrea BlueVallejo Model 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.