Paint Equivalents

Apple Barrel to Citadel paint conversion chart

Every Apple Barrel paint with its closest Citadel equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 213 rows, sorted by name.

149 of the 213 Apple Barrel colours below have an equivalent in Citadel within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 22 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.9. The 64 gaps are not spread evenly: 17 of them are pink-reds, so that is the corner of the Apple Barrel range Citadel does not answer.

Apple BarrelCitadelΔE
Acapulco Baharroth Blue 7.9
Admiral Blue Hormagaunt Purple 7.2
Antique Parchment Wraithbone 1.5
Antique White Terminatus Stone 2.7
Apricot Gehenna Gold 2.0
Aqua Sky Necron Compound 4.1
Aquamarine Necron Compound 2.4
Arbor Green Vulkan Green 5.6
Atlantis Hawk Turquoise 5.9
Award Blue Asurmen Blue Wash 3.0
Bahama Blue Hawk Turquoise 8.0
Banana Armageddon Dust 3.7
Barn Red Baal Red Wash 3.8
Beachcomber Beige Agrax Earthshade 2.7
Beige Agrellan Badland 2.7
Berry Red Scab Red 3.8
Bimini Blue Baharroth Blue 7.9
Black Abaddon Black 0.2
Black Abaddon Black 1.7
Black Necron Abyss 5.5
Blue Bonnet Stormfang 3.9
Blue Charm Space Wolves Grey 3.4
Blue Cotton Space Wolves Grey 1.7
Blue Kazoo Lightning Bolt Blue 1.4
Blueberry Frost Hoeth Blue 5.5
Bright Blue Space Wolves Grey 4.9
Bright Green Pallid Wych Flesh 3.8
Bright Magenta Pink Horror 5.8
Bright Red Volupus Pink 6.6
Bright Yellow Armageddon Dust 2.2
Brown Oxide Stormvermin Fur 5.6
Burnt Umber Tin Bitz 2.2
Cameo Pink Canoptek Alloy 7.3
Camouflage Deathshroud Clear 0.8
Canary Yellow Sunburst Yellow 3.8
Candy Apple Mechrite Red 4.0
Candy Pink Carroburg Crimson 8.7
Cardinal Crimson Mephiston Red 2.1
Caribbean Baharroth Blue 5.2
Caterpillar Loren Forest 4.3
Chestnut Commando Khaki 8.3
China Blue Grey Knights Steel 3.6
Chocolate Bar Catachan Fleshtone 4.7
Chocolate Sprinkle Adeptus Battlegrey 7.9
Christmas Green Waystone Green 4.6
Classic Caramel Seraphim Sepia 3.1
Cloudless Astronomicon Grey 6.6
Cobalt Hue Storm Blue 3.3
Cobalt Hue Alaitoc Blue 5.7
Coffee Bean Catachan Fleshtone 6.1
Concord Grape Liche Purple 2.0
Cool Blue Lightning Bolt Blue 5.7
Country Grey Necron Compound 2.3
Cranberry Volupus Pink 3.8
Crisp Green Goblin Green 4.5
Crushed Curry Tau Light Ochre 0.8
Dandelion Yellow Shining Gold 3.2
Dark Granite Asurmen Blue Wash 5.1
Dark Gray Skavenblight Dinge 3.5
Deep Navy Fenrys Grey 4.2
Deep Purple Soulstone Blue 1.1
Denim Blue The Fang 4.8
Diva Pink Emperor Children 6.8
Dolphin Grey Administratum Grey 3.6
Electric Blue Calth Blue Clear 1.1
Elephant Gray Necron Compound 2.6
English Ivy Green Catachan Green 4.6
English Navy Chaos Black 6.1
Flag Red Wazdakka Red 1.9
Flamenco Red Volupus Pink 2.6
Flamingo Coral Pallid Flesh 6.1
Fruit Punch Red Gore 5.3
Fuchsia Pink Horror 5.5
Golden Sunset Tallarn Sand 3.0
Golden Yellow Averland Sunset 3.9
Golden Yellow Zamesi Desert 4.0
Granite Gray Administratum Grey 2.7
Grape Freeze Leviathan Purple Wash 3.7
Grape Jam Warlock Purple 6.3
Green Clover Snot Green 3.2
Green Machine Creed Camo 4.4
Harvest Orange Macharius Solar Orange 3.2
Holly Branch Caliban Green 2.9
Honeysuckle Pink Red Gore 3.5
Hot Ember Spiritstone Red 2.2
Hot Rod Red Blood For The Blood God 5.0
Hunter Green Catachan Green 6.4
Ivory Ushabti Bone 3.4
Jack-O-Lantern Brass Scorpion 4.4
Jet Black Abaddon Black 1.7
Kelly Green Creed Camo 2.7
Key West Gauss Blaster Green 4.7
Khaki Agrellan Badland 3.0
King’s Gold Shining Gold 3.3
Kiwi Ogryn Camo 2.1
Laguna Coelia Greenshade 6.4
Lavender Slaanesh Grey 8.1
Lavender Sachet Slaanesh Grey 7.2
Leaf Green Deepkin Flesh 2.0
Lemon Armageddon Dust 5.2
Lemon Chiffon Morghast Bone 4.2
Light Blue Astronomicon Grey 4.4
Light Leaf Green Ionrach Skin 5.9
Light Pink Cygor Brown 3.2
Light Pink Pallid Flesh 6.2
Light Yellow Burnished Gold 6.0
Light Yellow Armageddon Dunes 4.2
Lilac Dust Slaanesh Grey 7.6
Lilac Mist Kakophoni Purple 5.0
Lime Sherbert Ogryn Camo 4.4
Lime Tree Ogryn Camo 7.0
Limeade Elysian Green 6.8
Lite Mocha Reikland Fleshshade Gloss 3.5
Mango Warplock Bronze 2.0
Marsh Green Dark Angels Green 3.4
Meadow Green Caliban Green 4.2
Melted Chocolate Corvus Black 7.0
Milk Chocolate Gore-Grunta Fur 5.4
Mint Crush Nihilakh Oxide 4.4
Misty White Iron Warriors 3.7
Moody Blue Shadow Grey 1.5
Mossy Green Typhus Corrosion 0.9
Mountain Blue Valhallan Blizzard 2.3
Mountain Forest Waystone Green 2.2
Nectarine Bronzed Flesh 4.6
Neon Blue The Fang 4.4
Neon Green Hexwraith Flame 4.4
Neon Orange Bronzed Flesh 2.5
Neon Pink Magenta Ink 6.2
Neon Purple Magos Purple 2.9
Neon Red Emperor Children 8.7
Neon Yellow Lamenters Yellow 3.7
New Shamrock Loren Forest 4.9
Nutmeg Brown Catachan Fleshtone 5.7
Orange Wild Rider Red 4.3
Outrageous Orange Blazing Orange 4.9
Pale Daffodil Armageddon Dunes 4.9
Palm Leaf Death Guard Green 4.1
Paradise Pink Magenta Ink 6.8
Parakeet Loren Forest 3.4
Parrot Blue Celestra Grey 6.7
Pavement Basilicanum Grey 2.2
Peach Reikland Fleshshade 4.5
Petunia Purple Imperial Purple 6.9
Pewter Grey Dryad Bark 3.9
Pink Blush Carroburg Crimson 8.8
Pink Eraser Emperor Children 5.6
Pink Parfait Carroburg Crimson 10.3
Pink Polish Valhallan Blizzard 3.3
Pool Blue Fenrisian Grey 7.3
Pretty in Pink Magenta Ink 12.6
Primary Blue Mordian Blue 2.6
Princess Pink Tentacle Pink 5.6
Princess Purple Imperial Purple 1.6
Pumpkin Orange Blazing Orange 2.3
Pumpkin Orange Brass Scorpion 4.4
Pure Gold Soulstone Blue 2.8
Pure Pink Warlock Purple 3.7
Pure Silver Leadbelcher 2.3
Purple Iris Nauseating Blue 2.4
Purple Pansy Necron Abyss 5.5
Purple Velvet Shyish Purple 4.6
Real Blue Soulstone Blue 3.6
Real Brown Wyldwood 3.2
Real Green Caliban Green 5.4
Real Navy Runefang Steel 1.7
Real Red Volupus Pink 2.4
Real Yellow Armageddon Dust 4.2
Red Apple Blood Angels Red 3.0
Reef Blue Waystone Green 4.2
Regency Blue Blue Horror 3.0
Ripe Tomato Gryph-Hound Orange 3.6
Royal Violet Naggaroth Night 4.5
Sandstone Devlan Mud Wash 3.1
Sky Blue Russ Grey 2.1
Sky Haze Imrik Blue 3.9
Snow White Wrack White 2.9
Snowflake Valhallan Blizzard 1.2
Spiced Berry Flesh Tearers Red 0.9
Spiced Carrot Ryza Rust 4.7
Spring Green Elysian Green 3.9
Spring Green Rotting Flesh 6.5
Summer Sky Space Wolves Grey 3.5
Sunbeam Bronzed Flesh 5.0
Sunkissed Peach Sycorax Bronze 3.3
Sunny Day Zamesi Desert 2.9
Sweet Potato Mechrite Red 1.4
Tangelo Pyroclast Orange Clear 1.6
Tapestry Wine Rhinox Hide 3.8
Teal Treat Ahriman Blue 1.7
Territorial Beige Baneblade Brown 5.6
Timeless Gray Leadbelcher 2.2
Toasted Marshmallow Typhon Ash 1.9
Toffee Golgfag Brown 3.9
Too Blue Night Lords Blue 2.2
Tropic Orange Martian Ironcrust 4.2
Tropical Blue Aethermatic Blue 4.2
True Green Kabalite Green 3.7
Turquoise Sotek Green 2.8
Turquoise The Fang 5.9
Tuscan Red Bugman Glow 7.1
Tuscan Teal Akhelian Green 5.1
Vanilla Ice Cream Pallid Wych Flesh 2.4
Velvet Crush Naggaroth Night 3.2
Warm Buff Wrack White 6.1
Wedgewood Green Ionrach Skin 7.8
White Valhallan Blizzard 2.4
White Wrack White 2.5
White Valhallan Blizzard 2.1
Wild Grapes Chemos Purple 4.7
Wisteria Dechala Lilac 3.7
Yellow Zamesi Desert 2.6
Yellow Flame Armageddon Dust 5.2

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