Tesseract Glow is genuinely hard to match: no other brand has a same-finish equivalent close enough to swap, and the nearest color anywhere, AK Interactive Fluorescent Green at 89 percent, is a different finish. In the pot, Tesseract Glow reads as a cool green, light and moderate. If you need this exact color, buy the pot, since no other line reproduces it in the same finish.
Tesseract Glow equivalents and near misses
Fair warning: nothing matches Citadel Tesseract Glow cleanly. The options below are the least bad, and every one of them drifts.
Closest AK Interactive equivalent: AK Interactive Fluorescent Green, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.1), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
Best Vallejo option: Vallejo Fluorescent Green, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.2), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
From Scale75: Scale75 Jade Green, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.0), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
The Army Painter's closest color: The Army Painter Shamrock Green, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 3.0), but it is an ink / wash / contrast so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
The honest caveat: AK Interactive Fluorescent Green dries slightly warmer than Tesseract Glow, so expect recess shading and edge highlights to shift with it.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
AK Interactive
Vallejo
Scale75
The Army Painter
Tamiya
Two Thin Coats
Humbrol
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Tesseract Glow?
No same-finish equivalent is close enough to call a straight swap. The nearest color overall is AK Interactive Fluorescent Green at 89%, in a different finish class.
What color is Tesseract Glow?
Tesseract Glow is a light moderate green with a cool undertone (hex #49AD33).