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Make a free guideLooking for a Pastel Blue equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Pastel Blue (Vallejo Model Color) in Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Metal Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Fanatic, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Diorama FX, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, 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 Pastel 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 2Wolf GreyArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Shade 1StormfangCitadel ColourGreat match
- BasePastel BlueVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1Pastel VioletAK Interactive 3rd GenClose match
- Highlight 2Ulthuan GreyCitadel ColourClose 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.