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Make a free guideLooking for a Medium Sea Grey equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Medium Sea Grey (Vallejo Model Color) in Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Game Color Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, 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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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Medium Sea Grey, 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 2Archaic TurquoiseAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Warm GreyMonument Pro AcrylGreat match
- BaseMedium Sea GreyVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1Bright Neutral GreyMonument Pro AcrylGreat match
- Highlight 2Ulthuan GreyCitadel ColourGreat 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.