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Make a free guideLooking for a Old Gold equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Old Gold (Vallejo Model Color) in Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, 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 Old Gold, 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 2Tainted GoldArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Greedy GoldArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseOld GoldVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1BrassVallejo Model ColorClose match
- Highlight 2Silver GreyAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat 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.