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Make a free guideLooking for a Brown Engine Soot equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Brown Engine Soot (Vallejo Weathering Effects) in AK Interactive Diorama Series, Citadel Colour, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, 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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Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Brown Engine Soot, 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 1Chocolate (Chipping)AK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseBrown Engine SootVallejo Weathering Effects
- Highlight 1Stormvermin FurCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Rainy GreyScale75 ScalecolorGreat 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.