Looking for a Starship Steel equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Starship Steel (Vallejo Xpress Color) in Vallejo Metal Color, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Model Color, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Colour Primer, Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Quickshade, 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.
Closest match in each brand
Overall closest colors
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Create your free guideMatches 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.