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Make a free guideLooking for a Red Wash equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Red Wash (Vallejo Model Wash) in Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Game Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Metal Color, 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 Red Wash, 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 2Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- Shade 1Walnut BrownReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseRed WashVallejo Model Wash
- Highlight 1Fur BrownArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2Warplock BronzeCitadel 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.