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Make a free guideLooking for a Space Grey equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Space Grey (Vallejo Xpress Color) in Army Painter Speedpaint, Citadel Colour, 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.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Space Grey, 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 2Leviadon BlueCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Tyrian NavyArmy Painter SpeedpaintGreat match
- BaseSpace GreyVallejo Xpress Color
- Highlight 1Starship SteelVallejo Xpress ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Iceberg GreyVallejo Xpress ColorGreat 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.