Raging Sea sits in the teal family: mid-tone in tone, vivid in saturation, cool in cast. For modelling, drop to Runic Grey in the recesses and step up to Caribbean Ocean on the edges, both The Army Painter paints. Raging Sea is a little less common: the closest same-finish match, Citadel Kroxigor Scales, reaches 100 percent, and 1 other brand carries a strong same-finish alternative. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Raging Sea equivalents in other ranges
This is one of the easy ones. A same finish twin exists, and 2 brands in the catalog land close enough to consider.
Closest Citadel equivalent: Citadel Kroxigor Scales, the same color for practical purposes (delta E 0.0).
- Nearest in the Vallejo catalog: Vallejo Light Blue Green, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.6), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- Best Two Thin Coats option: Two Thin Coats Cursed Blue, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 6.0), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- From AK Interactive: AK Interactive Blue Fs 35190, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 6.3), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- Scale75's closest color: Scale75 Adriatic Blue, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 7.2), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
- Nearest in the Green Stuff World catalog: Green Stuff World Zima Blue, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 7.5), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 0.0 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Citadel
Vallejo
Two Thin Coats
AK Interactive
Scale75
Green Stuff World
P3 Paints
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Found in 1 other brand with a same-finish match.
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Raging Sea?
The closest same-finish match is Citadel Kroxigor Scales at 100% color similarity.
Is Raging Sea a one-coat paint?
Raging Sea is a contrast paint, made to basecoat and shade in a single pass over a light primer. One coat drops color into the recesses and leaves the raised areas brighter; a second coat deepens the tone if you want it richer.
What do I highlight and shade Raging Sea with?
Highlight Raging Sea toward Caribbean Ocean and shade it down into Runic Grey, both The Army Painter paints in the same finish family.