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Make a free guideLooking for a Carmine Blades 5 equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Carmine Blades 5 (Warhammer Tone Pro) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Reaper MSP, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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 Carmine Blades 5, 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 2Khorne RedCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Gory RedVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- BaseCarmine Blades 5Warhammer Tone Pro
- Highlight 1Intense Pink - IntenseAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Highlight 2Fulgrim PinkCitadel 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.