Paint Range Compatibility Chart

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Paint Comparison Chart

Unable to find a paint that you used to use? Has something been discontinued? Want to find the equivalent paint in a different range? Here is the ultimate painting matrix, comparing the games
workshop Citadel paints with every known equivalent. Please note, hex codes are all approximate - double check before you get a batch of paint made up to match that colour!

Vallejo Privateer Coat

Vallejo INSTAR INSTAR Army Hex
Colour New Citadel 5 Old Citadel Model Rackham Reaper Master Scale 75
Game Color
Color
6 Vintage Press P3 4 D'arms 3 Painter Code

Dead White Arctic Eternal Pure White Morrow Matt White White
  White Scar Skull White 1 (001)
White (951)
White
 
White (1) (9039) white
White (101)
(WP1102) Matt
FFFFFF

Ceramite Smelly White Primer Foundation Arctic Brush-on Primer Morrow Grey Primer
        FFFFFF
White Primer 1 (002) White (919) White (9108) white (141)
Pale Flesh Light Flesh Pearly Rosy Highlight Pale Skin
  Kislev flesh Pallid Flesh 1 (003) (928)
Caramel  
Flesh (31) (9069)
Ryn Flesh Flesh (213) Kobold Skin
Matt
EEC8C7

Elf Skintone Flat Flesh Craggy Rosy Highlight 2 Elven Flesh

  Bestigor Flesh Elf Flesh 1 (004) (955)
   
Skin (30)
 
(123)
  F7BD7B
(9069)

Bad Moon Lemon Dusky

Bad Moon Clear Yellow
  Dorn yellow 2 Yellow         Yellow   FFF700
Yellow 1 Yellow (005)
(952)
(9095)
(146)

Sunburst Lahn Demonic

Flash Gitz Sunblast Brilliant Sun Yellow Sun Yellow
  Flat Yellow IV-29 7 Yellow   Yelow FFE700
Yellow Yellow 1 Yellow (006) Yellow
(40)
(9008) (103)
(WP1107)

Golden Golden Royal Golden Sol

Gold Yellow Marigold Yellow
  Yriel Yellow Yellow     Yellow Heartfire Yellow   Yellow FFCE00
Yellow 1 (007)
(948) (39)
(9007)
(159) Matt
Dark Desert Sahara
Desert Yellow Desert Yellow Faded Khaki
  Tallarn Sand 1 (063)
Yellow   IV-30 7  
(9129)
    Yellow Yellow 9C8855
(978) (WP1121) Matt
Macharius German Phoenix
Jokaero Heavy Sunset
  Solar Orange Orange IV-17 Red         EE3823
Orange Orange (152) Orange
1 (805) (9005)
  Fire Dragon Fiery Orange Orange Fire Light     Merin's Fire Orange   Flame Prison FF8552
Bright 1 (008) Orange Fire (38) (9006) Orange Jumpsuit
(911) (105)
 (WP1211
Zombiecide)

Blazing Burnt Mythical

Troll Slayer Hot Orange Scarlet Fusion Phoenix Red
        Orange Orange F46C2E
Orange Orange 1 (009) (817) Red (37) (9005)
(147) (WP1442)
Vampire
Mephiston Mechrite Red Heavy Red Crimson Clotted Red
  Red (926) IV-07       Red 991115
Red 1 (141) Red (9134)
(WP1460)
Evil Sunz Bloody Red Vermillion Burnt Rackham Blood Red Pure Red Antares
 
Scarlet Blood Red 1 (010) (909) Red IV-27 7 Red (36)
Clear Red (9094)  
(104) (WP1104) Red
C21920

Wild Rider Racing Mars Red

                  EB2E28
Red Red (WP1436)
Cavalry Natural
Gory Red Carnage Red Vampire Dragon Red Indian
  Wazdakka Red Red Gore 1 Brown     Leather   940008
(011) (9135) Red (129) (WP1105) Shadow
(982) (34)
Chaotic Red
Scarlett Red Carmine Arcavia (WP1142) Deep Red
  Khorne Red Scab Red 1 (012) Red (908)
Wine Red IV-01
Red (35)
Deep Red (9002)    
(too Matt
6A0002
dark/brown)

 
Emperor's Tentacle Pink Squid Pink
Pink (958) Dark Pink  
Friend Pale Violet 2 Carnal Pink
Shocking
  EF9CB5
Children 1 (013) Flesh (33) (9027) Pink (144)

Warlock Warlock
Warlord Magenta Dark Celestial Pale Violet Red Murderous Fuchsia
  Screamer Pink   Purple   9C004A
Purple 1 Purple (014) (945) Maroon Pink (46) (9027) Magenta
(157)
Matt

Liche Purple Hexed Lichen Royal Divine Clear Plum Beaten Poison Alien Purple
  Xereus Purple 1 (015) Purple (810)
  IV-34 7 Purple (6) (9132) Purple Purple (118) (WP1128)
5A005A

Imperial Amethest
Naggaroth Royal Purple Royal Dark Deep Amethyst
        Purple   562F7E
Night Purple 1 (016) Purple (810) Purple (9079)
(160)
Nauseating Sick Blue Violet 2 Clear Purple Nauseous
          Bad Bruise   412A7A
Blue 1 (017) (960) (9099) Blue (162)

Stormy Blue Migol Ritterlich Blue 2

    Storm Blue 1 (018)
Blue (925)    
Blue (5)
      27357E
(9115)
Midnight Night Blue Dark sea Abyssal Ultramarine
              000031
Blue 1 (019) blue Blue (3) Shadow (9187)
Dark
Imperial Blue Marianas Brilliant Blue Royal Blue Deep Blue
  Kantor Blue Regal Blue 1 (020)
Prussian
Blue
   
(9116)
 
(110) (WP1116)
08085A
blue
Ultramarine Ultramarine
Altdorf Guard Ultramarine Ultra Marine Ultramarine Wizard Marine
    IV-28 7 Highlight 2   Blue 29397B
Blue Blue Blue (022) (839) Blue 2 (7) Blue (148)
(WP1115)
(9189)
  Macragge Mordian Blue Heavy Blue Prussian Deep     Breonne Blue       Navy 2D567C
Blue 1 (143) Blue (965) Water (9055) Blue Matt
Blue
Enchanted Magic Blue Dark Blue Sapphire Ephren Cyan Blue 2 Cygnar Blue Wizard
  Caledor Sky   Crystal Blue 31639C
Blue 1 (021) (930) Blue Blue (4) (9117) Highlight Blue (114)

Ice Blue Azure 2 Glacier

Voidshield
  Lothern Blue Ice Blue (902)/ Deep           Blue Sky Blue 6B9CCE
(095) Blue (9)
Sky Blue (WP1452)

Lightning Sacred Electric

  Teclis Blue
Electric Blue Sky Blue Bright
  Sky Blue 2  
High Elf
Blue 8BB9DD
Bolt Blue 1 (023) (961) Blue Blue 2 (8) (9018) Blue (117)
(WP1113)
Falcon Light Hydra
Hawk Precious Marine Teal Meredius Aquamarine Adriatic
  Sotek Green Turquoise Turquoise     Turquoise 006B5A
Turquoise Blue (12) (9077) Blue (132) Blue Matt
(024) (840) (WP1141)
Foul Green Park Green Antique
  Sybarite Green Vile Green 1             82C59C
(025) Flat (969) Green (13)
Reptilian Greens
Kabalite Jade Green Emerald Jade Green
 
Green Jade Green 1 (026) (838)
      Triad 2 Eldritch 2 (158)   069B7D
(9184/9185/9186)
Scurf/Scurvey Emerald Chitin Clear Viridian
    Scaly Green 1 Green (027) (838)
   
Green (19) (9131)
      026B67

Dark Angels Gnarls Angel

Dark Green Deep Green Military Diisha Pine Green 2 Dark Elf
  Caliban Green IV-15 7 Green 005221
Green 1 (028) (970) Green Green (18) (9010) Green 2 Green (111)
(WP1112)
Warpstone Sick Green Intermediate Grass Avagddu Clear Green Bogey Irati
 
Glow Snot Green 1 (029) Green (891) Green
 
Green (17) (9096)
Ioson Green
Green (121)
 
Green
106B21

Goblin
Warboss Goblin Green Goblin Green Pastel Chasm Field Green 2 Goblin
 
Green 1 (030) Green (885)
  IV-13 7 Green (16) (9167)
 
Green (108)
Green 63B521
(WP1109)

Camoflage Green Ardenes

Camouflage Olive Green
  Elysian Green Camo Green 1 Green (031) (967)
      2 (9177)       Green A5A542
Matt
Scorpion Scorpy Green Light Green Lime Quithayran Pale Green Necrotite Scorpion Spring
  Moot Green     A5D610
Green 1 (032) (942) Green Green (14) (9012) Green Green (152) Green
Yellow
Bilious Green Livery Green Mystic Spring Green 2
    1 (033) Green 2    
Green (15) (9146)
      A9D171
(954)

Catachan Boreal
Castellan Cayman Olive Grey Jungle Muddy Olive
            Green 455440
Green Green 1 Green (067) (888) Green (9034)
Matt
  Waaagh! Flesh Orkhide Heavy Black Green Pine IV-10   Jungle Moss       Black 384E49
Shade 1 Blackgreen (980) Green (9082)
 (147)

Knarloc Luftwaffe
Heavy Green Olive Drab Army Green
  Loren Forest Ca. Green   IV-22       434F38
Green 1 (146)
(823)
(9158) (WP1110)

Russian
Gretchin Venom
Deathworld Heavy Khaki Uniform Savannah Worn Olive
  IV-25       Wyrm 5D6732
Forest Green 1 (149) WW2 Green (9159)
(WP1461)
(70.924)
  Straken Green                     628026
Nurgling Rotting Flesh Dead Flesh Dead Putrid Necrotic
  Green sky     Pale Olive (9036) Jack Bone 849B63|
Green 1 (035) Flesh (11) Green (125) Flesh
Wildcat Skeleton
Bleached Bonewhite Dust Yellowed Bone Menoth Golden
  Ushabti Bone Buff (976) IV-38 7 Gray 2 Bone (112) Bone EFD9A8
Bone 1 (034) Brown (9143) White Base
(WP1125)
Skin Matt
(42)

Kommando G. Thar
Golden Terran Khaki
  Zandri Dust Khaki (061) Cam.Beige           Brown 9E915C
Khaki 1 (821)
Brown (9122)
Matt
Pallid Wych
                      CDCEBE
Flesh
Menoth White
Screaming
      Ivory (918)         White     Sands F0F1CE
Skull
Highlight Matt
Bronzed Bronze Flesh Dark Flesh Burnt Orange 2 Tanned
            F7944A
Flesh 1 (036) (927) (9111) Flesh (115)

IV-11 Bilious
Tau Light Vomit Brown Filthy Brown Tanned Tanned Leather Rucksack
  Beige Red 2  
Brown   DE9408
Ochre 1 (037) IV-12 7 Skin (29) (9031) Tan
(130)
Barbarian
Dwarf Skin Bronzed Dwarven
  Ratskin Flesh Dwarf Flesh 1 (041) Brown Sand
Flesh
    Rosy Skin (9068)  
Flesh (124)
Flesh F78C5A
(WP1126)
Tanned Kalahari
Bugman's Tanned Flesh Sunburnt Antique Rose Khardic
  Tan (066)         Flesh Orange A95C3E
Glow 1 Flesh (9139) Flesh
(WP1127 ) Matt

Leprous Leprous
   
Scrofulous Gold Brown
      Saffron Sunset 2   Brown   D88E2D
Brown 1 Brown (038) (877) (9182) (156)

Bubonic Festering
Plague Brown Yellow Mustard Forgotten Palomino Gold Moldy Iroko
  Zamesi Desert IV-32 7 Brown   C68400
Brown 1 (039) Ochre (913) Yellow Gold (25) (9074) Ochre
(126)
Matt

Cobra Leather Kalliene Barbarian

Snakebite Brown Sand Chestnut Gold
  Balor Brown /Leather   IV-31 7 Yellow   Leather   9C6B08
Leather 1 (876) (9073)
Brown (040) (23) (116)2
  Balor Brown Tausept Heavy Ochre Ochre   IV-21   Half Orc       976F3C
Ochre 1 (150) Brown Highlight (9204)
(856)

Vermin Orange Mars

Parasite Syhar Soil Chestnut Brown 2   Rat Brown
  Skrag Brown Brown   IV-14 7   Orange 843910
Brown 1 Brown (042)
(981)
(24) (9071) (119)
Matt
Burnt Dirty Black
Scorched Charred Chocolate Muddy Brown Umbral
  Rhinox Hide Umber IV-37 7 Leather     Leather 390008
Brown 1 Brown (045) Brown (9028) Umber2
(941) 2 (20) Matt

Dark Mahogany
Doombull Beastly Chestnut Brown
 
Brown Dark Flesh 1 Fleshtone Brown    
Flesh (21) (9071)
      630808
(044) (846)

Khemri Arabic
Baneblade Heavy Brown Green Bark Woodstain Brown
  IV-20         Shadow 705E48
Brown Brown 1 (153) Brown Brown (9160)
Matt
Soil of Hairy
Mournfang Bestial Brown Beasty Brown Flat Brown Red Intense Brown Bloodtracker
    Avagddu Brown   663300
Brown 1 (043) (984) Brown (9138) Brown
(22) (120)
Mournfang Calthan Heavy Siena Flat Brown Red Dark Highlight
  IV-03         6D5044
Brown Brown 1 (154) (984) Brown (9042)
Terracotta Sandstone Clotted Red
  XV-88 Terracotta 1 (065)
 
Brown
   
(9134)
      793721

Graveyard Leather Gobi

Steel Legion US field Mud Uniform Brown Gun Corps
  Earth (062) IV-36 7     Brown Brown 655138
Drab Earth 1 drab Brown (9127) Brown
(WP1123) Matt

Kommando German
Dirt Terran Khaki Hammerfall Horse Tone
  Karak Stone Khaki (061) Cam. Beige       9B8C7B
Khaki 1 WWII (821)
Brown (9122) Khaki Roan (222)

Flat
Ghostly Grey Ghost Grey Ghost White
  Ulthuan grey Aluminum             C3C6CD
1 (046) (9063)
(993)

Space Wolves Wolf Grey Pale

Blue Snow Shadow Lupin Grey Bering
  Fenrisian Grey Greyblue IV-05 7   Frostbite   CEDEE7
Grey 1 (047)
(907)
Steel (9021) (151) Blue Matt

Shadow Grey Sombre Grey Oxford Blue Grey Twilight Blue Shadow Wolf Grey
  The Fang IV-04     4E5067
1 (048) (807) Blue (9020) Grey (150) (WP1119)
Administratum Fortress Grey Stonewall Pale Grey Sharp Weathered Stone Ash Grey Nacar
 
Grey 1 Grey (049) Blue (907)
  IV-35 7 Gray (43) (9087)
   
(WP1117) Matt
B5B5B5

Gray of Uniform
Cold Grey Basalt Grey Moon Rainy Grey Artic
  Dawnstone Codex Grey 1 (050) (869) Grey
  Darkness
(9038)
    Grey
Blue Matt
999999
(45) (WP1118)
  Mechanicus Adeptus Heavy Grey 2 Russian Steel IV-18   Military Green 2 Great Coat     7C8286
Standard Grey Unif. (924) Grey Grey
 Battlegrey 1

Astronomicon Heavy Pale Blue Cool Weathered Stone Underbelly

  Celestra Grey Bluegrey IV-24       96A5A9
Grey 1 (144)
Grey (905) Grey (9087) Blue

Abaddon Chaos Black / Obsidian Accursed Pure Black Thamar Matt Black
 
Black Chaos Black 1 Black (051) Black (950)
Black
 
Black (2) (9037) Black
Black (102)
(WP1101)
000000

Shining
Runefang Mithril Silver Mithril Silver Polished Polished Silver Enchanted
  Silver (997)     Quicksilver Silver B5B5BD
Steel 1 / Silver (052) Silver (49) (9054) Silver (106)
(WP1129)
Plate Mail
Chain Mail Natural Polished Honed Steel Chainmail
  Ironbreaker Chainmail 1 (053) Steel (864) Steel
   
(9053)
Cold steel
(109)
Metal 7B737B
(WP1130)

Boltgun Gunmetal / Machinegun

Gunmetal Shadowed Steel Gun Metal Petroleum
  Leadbelcher Gunmetal       Pig Iron Metal 393939
Metal 1 Metal (054)
Grey (863) (9052) (142)
(WP1221)
Grey

Auric Armour Burnished Glorious Gold Royal Antique Gold Bright Gold Dwarven
  Gold (996)     Brass Balls 2   E7BD42
Gold Gold 1 (056) Gold (9050) (WP1231) Gold

Greedy
Gehenna's Shining Gold Polished Gold Old Gold Bright Gold Elven
        New Gold (9051) Solid Gold Gold CCCC33
Gold 1 (055) (878) (107) Gold
(WP1132)
Dwarven Weapon
Dwarf Bronze Bright Bronze Bronze Ancient Bronze Molten
  Hashut Copper 1       Bronze Bronze 9C5221
(057) (998) (9049) bronze
(143) (WP1133)

 
Brazen Brass
Runelord brass 1
Brassy Brass
Brass (801)       Tarnished Brass 2   Brass (131)  
Viking
735A21
(058) (9198) Gold
Beaten Hammered Copper Coppery Orange
  Brass scorpion             73372D
Copper 1 Copper (059) (999) (9102)

Warplock Tinny Tin Scorched Metal Deathless Magic Necro

 
Bronze Tin Bitz 1 (060)
       
(9125) Metal Metal (113)
 
Gold
393121

Black Ink
    Black Ink 1 (94)
                000000

Dark Green Green Ink

                    108473
Ink 1 (89)

Ink Wash -
    Flesh Wash 1              
Flesh (133)
  CE8C42

    Magenta Ink 1                   513D3C

Violet Ink
    Purple Ink 1 (87)
                842994

  Stormvermin Charadon Heavy German   IV-02   Pure Black Bastion grey     Anthartic 4D4A4A
Fur Granite 1 Charcoal Grey (995) (9103) 2 Grey
 (155) Matt
Heavy
Dheneb Stone Warmgrey Vampiric Shadow Drake Tooth
  Rakarth Flesh   Pale Grey IV-06       B9ADA1
1
2(148) (9274) (WP1417)?

Daemonette Hormagaunt Heavy Violet Light Nightshade Violet

  Violet (960) IV-26         4F566C
Hide Purple 1 (142) Purple Purple (9022) Blue Matt

Iyanden Heavy
Averland Goldbrown Warm Green Ochre Sulferic
  Goldbrown IV-16       9C8A53
Sunset Darksun 1 (151)
(877) Yellow (9128) yellow

Heavy
Cadian Tallarn Flesh Leather Brown
  Skintone Brown Rose   IV-19         8D736C
Fleshtone 1 (9030)
(140)

Asurmen Blue Tone

Drakenhof Blue Shade
    Blue Blue         Ink 273E51
Nightshade Blue Wash 1 Wash (73207)
(WP1139)

Baal Red Red Tone

Carroburg Red Shade
    Red Red         Ink 630808
Crimson Wash 1 Wash (73206)
(WP1138)

Badab Black Dark Tone

Black Wash
  Nuln Oil   Black Black     Armor Wash   Ink 000000
Wash 1 (73201)
(WP1136)

Devlan Mud Strong Tone

Agrax Umber Shade Muddy
    Brown Brown       Wash 393121
Earthshade Wash 1 Wash (73203) Wash
(WP1135)

Gryphonne Soft Tone

Seraphim Sepia Wash
                Ink 843910
Sepia Sepia Wash 1 (73200)
(WP1134)
4 Pale Grey Purple Tone
Leviathan
  Druchii Violet Shade Wash   Purple           Ink 842994
Purple Wash 1 (WP1140)
(73202)

Ogryn Flesh Fleshtone

Reikland Flesh Wash
  Shade Wash   Flesh           CE8C42
Fleshshade Wash 1 (73204)
(WP1143)

Green Tone
Biel-Tan
    Green Wash               Wash 547757
Green
(WP1137)
Baharroth
Toxic Mist
  Blue Edge               Arcane Blue   59C1CE
(WP1437)
(Edge)
Gauss Blaster
                      84C2A9
Green (Edge)
  Dorn Yellow                     FFF685
 (Edge)
Fulgrim Pink
                      F5AECC
(Edge)
Flayed One
                      CDC586
Flesh (Edge)
Oozing
Dechala Lilac
                    Purple B69FCD
(Edge)
(WP1445)
Necrotic
Kreig Khaki
                    Flesh BFBD82
(Edge)
(WP1108)
Gorgon
Blue Horror
                    Hide A4BAD2
(Edge)
(WP1428)
Centuar
Lugganath
                    Skin F89E86
Orange (Edge)
(WP1408)

( 1) discontinued,
( 2) approximate,

( 3) Coat D'Arms match the OLD citadel colours (pre-1992) so there might be some difference. Shining gold has the most noticeable difference,
( 4) Most P3 Paints do not match closely with the old GW range, but a detailed explanation of each paint can be found here: http://www.brushthralls.com/pre-painting-prep/color-theory-10p3.html
( 5) GW's new range matches with the old range are the matches claimed by GW. However, many of the paints do not match very closely at all and some mixing will be required to get close to the

original colours. If you are trying to match old GW with new GW, you'd be better just getting Vallejo game color or coat d'arms for the closest match )
(color name) after testing does not match GW color (really far)

6
( ) 98-99% colour matches, masstone only

( 7) 3rd-5th Edition Replicas, same 98-99%

matching criteria, masstone only

References
This table has been compiled using data from the following sources:
http://home.att.net/~katamaran/vallejo.html
http://myminiaturepainting.com/conversion/citadelgame.html

http://www.nugaming.com/html/vallejo_paints.html#CitadelVallajoConversionTable

http://www.ttfxmedia.com/vallejo/cgi-bin/_modelis_carta.asp?p1=ing&p2=modelcolor&p3=1&p4=0
http://www.ttfxmedia.com/vallejo/cgi-bin/_modelis_info.asp?p1=ing&p2=modelcolor&p3=1#modelcolorinfo

http://www.ttfxmedia.com/vallejo/cgi-bin/_modelis_carta.asp?p1=ing&p2=gamecolor

http://www.ttfxmedia.com/vallejo/cgi-bin/_modelis_info.asp?p1=ing&p2=gamecolor&p3=1#gamecolorinfo
http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.uk?do=List_Models&code=300952&orignav=300810
http://colors.silicon-dragons.com/full_line.php

http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/paint.htm

http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?s=c770bc029dd218be5d17fff14fecefeb&showtopic=17678&st=0&p=266494&#entry266494
http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/at2/2010/4/8/d08819ffe37e45c97ce2e5b4770e92a7_4435.jpeg

http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/media/e588d28183cec31ffd6dcee6d3718fc3.cms/equivalencias-rev05.pdf
https://shop.instarpaint.com

https://redgrimm.github.io/paint-conversion/p3.html
https://convertingcolors.com/rgb-color-84_119_87.html

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com - also do a range of similar to Citadel paints, will update when can get chance.

http://cdn.acrylicosvallejo.com/0049261608364909a238add9b4a53745/CC073-rev05.pdf has an equivalency chart for Vallejo Game Colour, Vallejo Model Colour and Reaper Master Series paints
to the new Citadel paint line.

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