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Make a free guideLooking for a Oily Steel equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Oily Steel (Vallejo Model Color) in Reaper MSP, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Metal Color, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Colour Primer, 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 Oily Steel, 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 2Rough IronArmy Painter FanaticRough match
- Shade 1Death MetalArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- BaseOily SteelVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1GunmetalVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2MagnesiumVallejo Metal 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.