Paint Equivalents

Citadel to Apple Barrel paint conversion chart

Every Citadel paint with its closest Apple Barrel equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 451 rows, sorted by name.

235 of the 451 Citadel colours below have an equivalent in Apple Barrel within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 30 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.8. The 216 gaps are not spread evenly: 56 of them are oranges, so that is the corner of the Citadel range Apple Barrel does not answer.

CitadelApple BarrelΔE
'Ardcoat White 2.7
Abaddon Black Black 0.2
Abaddon Black Black 0.2
Adeptus Battlegrey Denim Blue 5.3
Administratum Grey Granite Gray 2.7
Administratum Grey Dolphin Grey 3.6
Aethermatic Blue Tropical Blue 4.2
Aggaros Dunes Territorial Beige 9.7
Agrax Earthshade Beachcomber Beige 2.7
Agrax Earthshade Gloss Dolphin Grey 5.4
Agrellan Badland Beige 2.7
Agrellan Earth Beige 2.7
Ahriman Blue Teal Treat 1.7
Air Caste Thinner White 2.7
Akhelian Green Tuscan Teal 5.1
Alaitoc Blue Primary Blue 4.2
Altdorf Guard Blue Primary Blue 5.2
Angron Red Clear Orange 6.8
Apothecary White Summer Sky 4.4
Armageddon Dunes Light Yellow 4.2
Armageddon Dust Bright Yellow 2.2
Astorath Red Sweet Potato 1.7
Astrogranite Misty White 3.9
Astrogranite Debris Timeless Gray 2.5
Astronomicon Grey Light Blue 4.4
Asurmen Blue Wash Award Blue 3.0
Athonian Camoshade Ivory 5.7
Auric Armour Gold King’s Gold 5.0
Averland Sunset Golden Yellow 3.9
Averland Sunset Golden Yellow 3.9
Baal Red Wash Barn Red 3.8
Bad Moon Yellow Neon Yellow 9.0
Badab Black Wash Black 0.2
Baharroth Blue Caribbean 5.2
Balor Brown Toffee 6.6
Balor Brown Toffee 6.6
Balthasar Gold Mango 5.0
Balthasar Gold Mango 5.0
Baneblade Brown Territorial Beige 5.6
Baneblade Brown Territorial Beige 5.6
Barak-Nar Burgundy Velvet Crush 8.8
Basilicanum Grey Pavement 2.2
Beaten Copper Hot Ember 7.4
Bestial Brown Ripe Tomato 8.0
Bestigor Flesh Tangelo 7.0
Biel-Tan Green Light Leaf Green 9.0
Bilious Green Lime Sherbert 7.6
Black Ink Black 0.2
Black Legion Pavement 2.3
Black Templar Camouflage 1.9
Blazing Orange Pumpkin Orange 2.3
Bleached Bone Toasted Marshmallow 7.1
Blood Angels Red Flag Red 2.2
Blood For The Blood God Barn Red 4.3
Blood Red Fruit Punch 8.6
Bloodletter Spiced Carrot 8.2
Bloodreaver Flesh Tuscan Red 7.7
Blue Horror Regency Blue 3.0
Boltgun Metal Pure Silver 5.6
Brass Scorpion Jack-O-Lantern 4.4
Brazen Brass Toffee 7.1
Bronzed Flesh Neon Orange 2.5
Bubonic Brown Sunny Day 7.4
Bugman Glow Tuscan Red 7.1
Burnished Gold Pale Daffodil 5.2
Cadian Fleshtone Mango 5.3
Caledor Sky Moody Blue 5.1
Caledor Sky Moody Blue 5.1
Calgar Blue Primary Blue 3.4
Calgar Blue Primary Blue 3.4
Caliban Green Holly Branch 2.9
Caliban Green Holly Branch 2.9
Calth Blue Clear Electric Blue 1.1
Calthan Brown Ripe Tomato 6.2
Camo Green Light Leaf Green 7.0
Canoptek Alloy Lite Mocha 6.8
Carroburg Crimson Candy Pink 8.7
Cassandora Yellow King’s Gold 10.1
Castellan Green Meadow Green 4.7
Castellan Green Meadow Green 4.7
Castellax Bronze Classic Caramel 7.2
Castellax Bronze Classic Caramel 7.2
Catachan Fleshtone Real Brown 3.7
Catachan Green English Ivy Green 4.6
Celestra Grey Parrot Blue 6.7
Chainmail Pure Silver 3.8
Changeling Pink Princess Pink 5.8
Chaos Black English Navy 6.1
Chaos Black Black 0.2
Charadon Granite Burnt Umber 2.4
Chemos Purple Wild Grapes 4.7
Chronus Blue Electric Blue 4.4
Codex Grey Granite Gray 7.4
Coelia Greenshade Laguna 6.4
Commando Khaki Beachcomber Beige 5.4
Contrast Medium White 2.7
Corax White White 3.9
Corax White White 3.9
Corvus Black Black 3.7
Corvus Black Black 3.7
Creed Camo Kelly Green 2.7
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss Brown Oxide 6.1
Cygor Brown Light Pink 3.2
Daemonette Hide Cobalt Hue 10.5
Dark Angels Green Black 6.8
Dark Angels Green Marsh Green 3.4
Dark Flesh Milk Chocolate 8.3
Dark Green Ink Laguna 6.8
Dark Reaper Tuscan Teal 6.3
Darkoath Flesh Tuscan Red 10.0
Dawnstone Hunter Green 7.0
Dawnstone Hunter Green 7.0
Dawnstone Hunter Green 7.0
Death Guard Green Palm Leaf 5.6
Death Guard Green Palm Leaf 4.1
Death Korps Drab English Ivy Green 4.8
Death Korps Drab English Ivy Green 4.8
Deathclaw Brown Mango 5.4
Deathclaw Brown Mango 5.4
Deathshroud Clear Camouflage 0.8
Deathworld Forest Palm Leaf 4.1
Deathworld Forest Palm Leaf 4.1
Dechala Lilac Wisteria 3.7
Deepkin Flesh Leaf Green 2.0
Desert Yellow Classic Caramel 7.9
Devlan Mud Wash Sandstone 3.1
Dheneb Stone Lite Mocha 6.0
Doombull Brown Spiced Berry 2.4
Dorn Yellow Neon Yellow 5.1
Drakenhof Nightshade Pure Silver 5.8
Druchii Violet Lilac Mist 10.1
Dryad Bark Pavement 2.9
Dryad Bark Pavement 2.9
Dwarf Bronze Mango 4.9
Dwarf Flesh Peach 11.1
Eidolon Purple Clear Neon Purple 7.2
Eldar Flesh King’s Gold 7.5
Elf Flesh Peach 7.3
Elysian Green Spring Green 3.9
Elysian Green Spring Green 3.9
Emperor Children Pure Pink 5.5
Enchanted Blue Moody Blue 6.3
Eshin Grey Dark Gray 5.2
Etherium Blue Regency Blue 3.0
Evil Sunz Scarlet Sweet Potato 5.1
Evil Sunz Scarlet Sweet Potato 5.1
Fenrisian Grey Blue Bonnet 4.7
Fenrisian Grey Blue Bonnet 4.7
Fenrys Grey Deep Navy 4.2
Fiery Orange Tangelo 3.3
Fire Dragon Bright Tangelo 5.7
Flash Gitz Yellow Neon Yellow 9.0
Flash Gitz Yellow Neon Yellow 9.0
Flayed One Flesh King’s Gold 7.9
Flesh Tearers Red Spiced Berry 0.9
Flesh Wash Neon Orange 8.1
Fortress Grey Real Navy 1.9
Fuegan Orange Mango 5.5
Fulgrim Pink Princess Pink 5.8
Fulgurite Copper Classic Caramel 7.4
Fyreslayer Flesh Toffee 8.4
Gal Vorbak Red Velvet Crush 8.3
Gal Vorbak Red Velvet Crush 8.3
Gauss Blaster Green Key West 4.7
Gehenna Gold Apricot 2.0
Genestealer Purple Lilac Mist 9.5
Genestealer Purple Lilac Mist 9.5
Ghostly Grey Real Navy 2.6
Goblin Green Crisp Green 4.5
Golden Griffon King’s Gold 8.0
Golden Yellow Banana 5.2
Golgfag Brown Toffee 3.9
Gore-Grunta Fur Milk Chocolate 5.4
Gorthor Brown Burnt Umber 8.2
Graveyard Earth Brown Oxide 10.1
Gretchin Green Golden Sunset 9.5
Grey Knights Steel China Blue 3.6
Grey Knights Steel China Blue 3.6
Grey Seer Timeless Gray 3.9
Grey Seer Timeless Gray 3.9
Gryph-Charger Grey Moody Blue 2.0
Gryph-Hound Orange Ripe Tomato 3.6
Gryphonne Sepia Wash Ripe Tomato 5.7
Guilliman Blue Electric Blue 5.7
Guilliman Flesh Ripe Tomato 6.4
Hashut Copper Classic Caramel 3.7
Hawk Turquoise Tropical Blue 5.7
Hellion Green Key West 4.7
Hexos Palesun Neon Yellow 5.1
Hexwraith Flame Neon Green 4.4
Hobgrot Hide Golden Sunset 6.7
Hoeth Blue Blueberry Frost 5.5
Hoeth Blue Blueberry Frost 5.5
Hormagaunt Purple Wild Grapes 4.7
Ice Blue Blue Cotton 7.6
Imperial Purple Princess Purple 1.6
Imrik Blue Electric Blue 3.4
Incubi Darkness Tuscan Teal 10.7
Ionrach Skin Leaf Green 4.7
Iron Hands Steel Dolphin Grey 6.4
Iron Hands Steel Dolphin Grey 6.4
Iron Warriors Misty White 3.7
Ironbreaker Timeless Gray 3.5
Ironbreaker Timeless Gray 3.5
Iyanden Darksun Golden Sunset 6.3
Iyanden Yellow Tangelo 6.1
Jade Green Mint Crush 9.9
Jokaero Orange Orange 4.9
Kabalite Green True Green 3.7
Kakophoni Purple Lilac Mist 5.0
Kakophoni Purple Lilac Mist 5.0
Kantor Blue Pure Gold 5.8
Kantor Blue Pure Gold 5.8
Karak Stone Classic Caramel 5.1
Karak Stone Classic Caramel 5.1
Khemri Brown Territorial Beige 5.9
Khorne Red Red Apple 3.9
Khorne Red Red Apple 3.9
Kindleflame Peach 11.8
Kislev Flesh Peach 5.5
Kislev Flesh Peach 5.5
Knarloc Green English Ivy Green 4.7
Knight-Questor Flesh Tuscan Red 10.5
Kommando Khaki Khaki 7.5
Krieg Khaki Lemon Chiffon 5.0
Lahmian Medium White 2.7
Lamenters Yellow Neon Yellow 3.7
Leadbelcher Timeless Gray 2.2
Leadbelcher Timeless Gray 2.2
Leadbelcher Granite Gray 6.2
Leprous Brown Yellow 5.9
Leviadon Blue Black 5.0
Leviathan Purple Wash Grape Freeze 3.7
Liberator Gold King’s Gold 8.0
Liche Purple Concord Grape 2.0
Lightning Bolt Blue Blue Kazoo 1.4
Longbeard Grey Antique Parchment 4.2
Loren Forest Parakeet 3.4
Lothern Blue Pool Blue 7.4
Lothern Blue Pool Blue 7.4
Lucius Lilac Wisteria 3.7
Lugganath Orange Peach 12.1
Lupercal Green Arbor Green 9.7
Lupercal Green Arbor Green 9.7
Macharius Solar Orange Harvest Orange 3.2
Macragge Blue Primary Blue 3.5
Macragge Blue Primary Blue 3.5
Macragge Blue Primary Blue 3.2
Magenta Ink Neon Pink 6.2
Magos Purple Neon Purple 2.9
Martian Ironcrust Tropic Orange 4.2
Martian Ironearth Tropic Orange 4.2
Mechanicus Standard Grey Tuscan Teal 5.7
Mechanicus Standard Grey Tuscan Teal 5.7
Mechanicus Standard Grey Tuscan Teal 5.7
Mechrite Red Sweet Potato 1.4
Mephiston Red Cardinal Crimson 2.2
Mephiston Red Cardinal Crimson 2.2
Mephiston Red Cardinal Crimson 2.1
Midnight Blue Pure Gold 3.3
Militarum Green Palm Leaf 8.0
Mithril Silver Real Navy 2.4
Moot Green Neon Green 6.0
Moot Green Neon Green 6.0
Mordant Earth Black 3.7
Mordian Blue Primary Blue 2.6
Morghast Bone Ivory 3.8
Mortarion Green Clear True Green 7.6
Mournfang Brown Spiced Berry 3.3
Mournfang Brown Spiced Berry 3.3
Munitorum Varnish White 2.9
Naggaroth Night Velvet Crush 3.2
Nauseating Blue Purple Iris 2.4
Nazdreg Yellow Toffee 11.1
Necron Abyss Real Blue 5.4
Necron Compound Country Grey 2.3
Niblet Green Crisp Green 5.3
Night Lords Blue Too Blue 2.2
Night Lords Blue Too Blue 2.2
Nighthaunt Gloom Turquoise 3.4
Nihilakh Oxide Mint Crush 4.4
Nocturne Green Pewter Grey 10.1
Nocturne Green Pewter Grey 10.1
Nuln Oil Pure Silver 2.9
Nuln Oil Gloss Real Navy 6.3
Nurgles Rot Kiwi 10.4
Nurgling Green Light Leaf Green 6.4
Nurgling Green Light Leaf Green 6.4
Ogryn Camo Kiwi 2.1
Ogryn Camo Kiwi 2.1
Ogryn Flesh Wash Neon Orange 8.1
Ork Flesh Kelly Green 4.0
Orkhide Shade Pewter Grey 8.5
Orruk Flesh Lime Sherbert 7.4
Pallid Flesh Flamingo Coral 6.1
Pallid Wych Flesh Vanilla Ice Cream 2.4
Phalanx Yellow Canary Yellow 6.7
Phalanx Yellow Canary Yellow 6.7
Phoenician Purple Velvet Crush 8.9
Phoenician Purple Velvet Crush 8.9
Pink Horror Fuchsia 5.5
Plaguebearer Flesh Limeade 7.1
Praxeti White White 3.9
Purple Ink Grape Freeze 3.7
Pyroclast Orange Clear Tangelo 1.6
Rakarth Flesh Dolphin Grey 3.9
Ratskin Flesh Mango 2.6
Red Gore Honeysuckle Pink 3.5
Regal Blue Primary Blue 3.7
Reikland Fleshshade Peach 4.5
Reikland Fleshshade Gloss Lite Mocha 3.5
Relictor Gold Sunkissed Peach 9.8
Retributor Armour King’s Gold 5.0
Retributor Armour King’s Gold 4.8
Rhinox Hide Tapestry Wine 3.8
Rotting Flesh Leaf Green 5.9
Runefang Steel Real Navy 1.7
Runefang Steel Real Navy 1.7
Runelord Brass Territorial Beige 8.0
Russ Grey Sky Blue 2.1
Russ Grey Sky Blue 2.1
Ryza Rust Spiced Carrot 4.7
Scab Red Berry Red 3.8
Scaly Green Turquoise 6.4
Scorched Brown Milk Chocolate 5.5
Scorpion Green Neon Green 6.7
Screamer Pink Bright Magenta 6.3
Screaming Bell Spiced Carrot 7.3
Screaming Skull Leaf Green 6.3
Seraphim Sepia Classic Caramel 3.1
Shadow Grey Moody Blue 1.5
Shining Gold Dandelion Yellow 3.2
Shyish Purple Purple Velvet 4.6
Sigismund Yellow Clear Light Yellow 6.1
Sigmarite King’s Gold 4.6
Skarsnik Green Crisp Green 7.8
Skavenblight Dinge Dark Gray 3.5
Skeleton Horde Khaki 3.6
Skink Blue Caribbean 5.2
Skrag Brown Toffee 5.9
Skull White White 3.9
Skullcrusher Brass King’s Gold 7.5
Slaanesh Grey Pure Silver 6.4
Slaanesh Grey Pure Silver 6.4
Smelly Primer White 3.9
Snakebite Leather Toffee 8.1
Snakebite Leather Territorial Beige 6.2
Snot Green Green Clover 3.2
Sons of Horus Green Tuscan Teal 7.3
Sons of Horus Green Tuscan Teal 7.3
Sotek Green Turquoise 2.8
Soulstone Blue Deep Purple 1.1
Space Wolves Grey Blue Charm 3.4
Space Wolves Grey Blue Cotton 1.7
Spiritstone Red Hot Ember 2.2
Squig Orange Harvest Orange 7.7
Steel Legion Drab Mossy Green 9.4
Steel Legion Drab Mossy Green 9.4
Stegadon Scale Green Award Blue 3.7
Stirland Battlemire Toffee 8.1
Stirland Mud Milk Chocolate 7.8
Storm Blue Concord Grape 2.7
Stormfang Blue Bonnet 3.9
Stormhost Silver Country Grey 2.3
Stormshield White 2.7
Stormvermin Fur Brown Oxide 5.6
Straken Green Spring Green 4.4
Straken Green Spring Green 4.4
Sunburst Yellow Canary Yellow 3.8
Sybarite Green True Green 8.9
Sybarite Green True Green 8.9
Sycorax Bronze Beige 2.9
Sylvaneth Bark Sandstone 5.3
Talassar Blue Primary Blue 4.3
Tallarn Flesh Mango 7.5
Tallarn Sand Golden Sunset 3.0
Tallarn Sand Golden Sunset 3.0
Tanned Flesh Mango 4.8
Tau Light Ochre Crushed Curry 0.8
Tau Light Ochre Crushed Curry 0.8
Tausept Ochre Golden Sunset 6.8
Teclis Blue Blue Bonnet 7.7
Temple Guard Blue Laguna 7.7
Temple Guard Blue Laguna 7.7
Tentacle Pink Princess Pink 5.6
Terminatus Stone Antique White 2.7
Terminatus Stone Antique White 2.7
Terracotta Ripe Tomato 4.6
Terradon Turquoise Turquoise 6.5
Tesseract Glow Neon Green 4.5
Thallax Gold Tangelo 3.3
The Fang Neon Blue 4.4
The Fang Neon Blue 4.4
Thondia Brown Real Brown 5.8
Thousand Sons Blue Award Blue 5.6
Thunderhawk Blue Turquoise 3.1
Thunderhawk Blue Turquoise 3.1
Tin Bitz Burnt Umber 2.2
Troll Slayer Orange Spiced Carrot 4.7
Troll Slayer Orange Spiced Carrot 4.7
Tuskgor Fur Hot Ember 4.6
Tuskgor Fur Hot Ember 4.6
Typhon Ash Toasted Marshmallow 1.9
Typhus Corrosion Mossy Green 0.9
Tyrant Skull Lemon Chiffon 6.0
Ulthuan Grey Bright Green 6.2
Ulthuan Grey Bright Green 6.2
Ultramarine Blue Moody Blue 6.0
Ultramarines Blue Pure Gold 3.7
Underhive Ash Lemon Chiffon 5.0
Ungor Flesh King’s Gold 6.8
Ushabti Bone Ivory 3.4
Ushabti Bone Ivory 3.4
Valdor Gold Classic Caramel 7.4
Valhallan Blizzard Snowflake 1.2
Vermin Brown Ripe Tomato 5.7
Vermin Fur Toffee 5.3
Verminlord Hide Hot Ember 5.9
Vile Green Spring Green 6.8
Volupus Pink Real Red 2.4
Vomit Brown Yellow 7.5
Vulkan Green Arbor Green 5.6
Vulkan Green Arbor Green 5.6
Waaagh! Flesh Reef Blue 6.6
Warboss Green True Green 4.6
Warboss Green True Green 4.6
Warlock Purple Pure Pink 3.7
Warp Lightning Kelly Green 3.6
Warpfiend Grey Misty White 5.0
Warplock Bronze Mango 2.0
Warpstone Glow New Shamrock 5.1
Waystone Green Mountain Forest 2.2
Waywatcher Green Lime Sherbert 10.1
Wazdakka Red Flag Red 1.9
White Scar White 3.9
White Scar White 3.9
Wild Rider Red Orange 4.3
Word Bearers Red Barn Red 4.4
Word Bearers Red Barn Red 4.4
Wrack White White 2.5
Wraithbone Antique Parchment 1.5
Wraithbone Antique Parchment 1.5
Wyldwood Real Brown 3.2
XV-88 Toffee 8.5
XV-88 Toffee 8.5
Xereus Purple Velvet Crush 6.8
Yriel Yellow Canary Yellow 4.6
Zamesi Desert Yellow 2.6
Zandri Dust Light Leaf Green 8.1
Zandri Dust Light Leaf Green 8.1
Zandri Dust Light Leaf Green 8.1

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