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Make a free guideLooking for a Nuclear Yellow equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Nuclear Yellow (Vallejo Xpress Color) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, 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 Nuclear Yellow, 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 2Death Guard GreenCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Mortarion GrimeCitadel ColourGreat match
- BaseNuclear YellowVallejo Xpress Color
- Highlight 1Light YellowVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Ice YellowAK 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.