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Make a free guideLooking for a Flat Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Flat Blue (Vallejo Model Color) in Vallejo Xpress Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Fanatic, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Wash, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Colour Primer, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Hobby Spray, 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 Flat 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 2Purple Tone WashArmy Painter WarpaintsClose match
- Shade 1Dark PurpleMonument Pro AcrylGreat match
- BaseFlat BlueVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1Heather BlueReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Snow ShadowReaper MSPGreat 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.