Citadel to The Army Painter paint conversion chart

Every Citadel paint with its closest The Army Painter equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 451 rows, sorted by name.

385 of the 451 Citadel colours below have an equivalent in The Army Painter within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 110 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.0. The 66 gaps are not spread evenly: 16 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Citadel range The Army Painter does not answer.

		ΔE
'Ardcoat	Gloss Varnish	0.4
Abaddon Black	Matt Black	0.0
Abaddon Black	Matt Black	0.0
Adeptus Battlegrey	Deep Grey	3.6
Administratum Grey	Shark White	3.3
Administratum Grey	Shark White	3.5
Aethermatic Blue	Hydra Turquoise	4.3
Aggaros Dunes	Prairie Ochre	2.4
Agrax Earthshade	Gargoyle Grey	3.3
Agrax Earthshade Gloss	Great Hall Grey	3.3
Agrellan Badland	Necrotic Flesh	3.6
Agrellan Earth	Necrotic Flesh	3.6
Ahriman Blue	Deep Azure	5.2
Air Caste Thinner	Gloss Varnish	0.4
Akhelian Green	Ocean Depths	2.3
Alaitoc Blue	Ultramarine Blue	1.6
Altdorf Guard Blue	Ultramarine Blue	3.6
Angron Red Clear	Mars Red	3.1
Apothecary White	Pastel Indigo	2.7
Armageddon Dunes	Moon Dust	2.2
Armageddon Dust	Meteor Rock	2.3
Astorath Red	Fairy Dust	2.2
Astrogranite	Brush-On Primer	1.7
Astrogranite Debris	Mithril	2.3
Astronomicon Grey	Shark White	6.2
Asurmen Blue Wash	Night Sky	2.8
Athonian Camoshade	Malignent Green	1.7
Auric Armour Gold	Daemonic Yellow	2.2
Averland Sunset	Daemonic Yellow	2.9
Averland Sunset	Daemonic Yellow	2.9
Baal Red Wash	Gemstone	5.4
Bad Moon Yellow	Angelic Yellow	4.9
Badab Black Wash	Matt Black	0.0
Baharroth Blue	Aquamarine	2.4
Balor Brown	Light Tone	2.6
Balor Brown	Light Tone	2.6
Balthasar Gold	Warrior Skin	1.3
Balthasar Gold	Warrior Skin	1.3
Baneblade Brown	Dusty Skull	2.0
Baneblade Brown	Dusty Skull	2.0
Barak-Nar Burgundy	Royal Purple	2.1
Basilicanum Grey	Dark Tone	0.6
Beaten Copper	Molten Orange	4.0
Bestial Brown	Leather Brown	4.3
Bestigor Flesh	Barbarian Flesh	1.2
Biel-Tan Green	Necrotic Flesh	6.9
Bilious Green	Bogey Green	5.1
Black Ink	Matt Black	0.0
Black Legion	Dark Tone	1.5
Black Templar	Dark Tone	2.5
Blazing Orange	Rust Monster	1.1
Bleached Bone	Fair Skin	4.1
Blood Angels Red	Dragon Red	3.9
Blood For The Blood God	Gemstone	5.4
Blood Red	Angelic Red	2.8
Bloodletter	Violent Vermillion	3.0
Bloodreaver Flesh	Onyx Skin	2.6
Blue Horror	Pastel Indigo	2.5
Boltgun Metal	Shining Silver	1.7
Brass Scorpion	Greedy Gold	3.2
Brazen Brass	Bullwhack Brown	3.3
Bronzed Flesh	Fiendish Yellow	2.2
Bubonic Brown	Yellow Dune	2.8
Bugman Glow	Tiger's Eye Skin	1.5
Burnished Gold	Imp Yellow	1.8
Cadian Fleshtone	Tanned Flesh	3.1
Caledor Sky	Stratos Blue	2.1
Caledor Sky	Stratos Blue	2.1
Calgar Blue	Griffon Blue	1.8
Calgar Blue	Griffon Blue	1.8
Caliban Green	Angel Green	3.8
Caliban Green	Angel Green	3.8
Calth Blue Clear	Frost Blue	3.3
Calthan Brown	Leather Brown	2.9
Camo Green	Combat Fatigues	1.6
Canoptek Alloy	Banshee Brown	4.7
Carroburg Crimson	Fey Pink	1.5
Cassandora Yellow	Feywild Glow	2.8
Castellan Green	Absolution Green	5.2
Castellan Green	Absolution Green	5.2
Castellax Bronze	Barbarian Flesh	3.4
Castellax Bronze	Barbarian Flesh	3.4
Catachan Fleshtone	Strong Skin Shade	1.9
Catachan Green	Ruinous Spell	4.6
Celestra Grey	Shark White	5.1
Chainmail	Grey Primer	2.6
Changeling Pink	Pink Potion	3.5
Chaos Black	Dark Blue Tone	5.6
Chaos Black	Matt Black	0.0
Charadon Granite	Noble Skin	4.8
Chemos Purple	Hive Dweller Purple	2.3
Chronus Blue	Electric Blue	3.6
Codex Grey	Mithral Silver	1.2
Coelia Greenshade	Plasmatic Bolt	4.3
Commando Khaki	Tomb King Tan	3.9
Contrast Medium	Gloss Varnish	0.4
Corax White	Holy White	0.0
Corax White	Holy White	0.0
Corvus Black	Dark Tone	3.6
Corvus Black	Dark Tone	3.6
Creed Camo	Greenskin	2.7
Cryptek Armourshade Gloss	Mocca Skin	4.4
Cygor Brown	Red Tone	2.9
Daemonette Hide	Coven Purple	8.0
Dark Angels Green	Matt Black	6.2
Dark Angels Green	Savage Green	4.2
Dark Flesh	Burnished Red	1.7
Dark Green Ink	Elemental Bolt	2.0
Dark Reaper	Crow Hue	5.7
Darkoath Flesh	Ruddy Umber	3.0
Dawnstone	Plate Mail Metal	4.6
Dawnstone	Plate Mail Metal	4.6
Dawnstone	Plate Mail Metal	4.6
Death Guard Green	Pestilent Flesh	4.7
Death Guard Green	Military Shader	3.3
Death Korps Drab	Hardened Carapace	4.0
Death Korps Drab	Hardened Carapace	4.0
Deathclaw Brown	Nomad Flesh	1.3
Deathclaw Brown	Nomad Flesh	1.3
Deathshroud Clear	Dark Tone	1.2
Deathworld Forest	Military Shader	3.3
Deathworld Forest	Military Shader	3.3
Dechala Lilac	Violet Coven	3.4
Deepkin Flesh	Zombie Flesh	4.3
Desert Yellow	Wasteland Clay	3.0
Devlan Mud Wash	Brown Wash	3.2
Dheneb Stone	Skeleton Bone	3.5
Doombull Brown	Gemstone	6.0
Dorn Yellow	Lens Flare Glow	1.0
Drakenhof Nightshade	Mithril	3.4
Druchii Violet	Coven Purple	5.6
Dryad Bark	Magnolia Brown	1.5
Dryad Bark	Magnolia Brown	1.5
Dwarf Bronze	Warrior Skin	3.8
Dwarf Flesh	Wildling Flesh	2.5
Eidolon Purple Clear	Warlock Magenta	1.5
Eldar Flesh	Barren Dune	3.0
Elf Flesh	Peachy Flesh	2.4
Elysian Green	Goblin Green	5.4
Elysian Green	Goblin Green	5.4
Emperor Children	Zephyr Pink	1.0
Enchanted Blue	Crystal Blue	0.9
Eshin Grey	Gravelord Grey	1.8
Etherium Blue	Pastel Indigo	2.5
Evil Sunz Scarlet	Pure Red	2.2
Evil Sunz Scarlet	Pure Red	2.2
Fenrisian Grey	Runic Cobalt	1.5
Fenrisian Grey	Runic Cobalt	1.5
Fenrys Grey	Highlord Blue	3.4
Fiery Orange	Lava Orange	1.8
Fire Dragon Bright	Lava Orange	4.4
Flash Gitz Yellow	Angelic Yellow	5.1
Flash Gitz Yellow	Angelic Yellow	5.1
Flayed One Flesh	Barren Dune	4.1
Flesh Tearers Red	Flesh Wash	5.8
Flesh Wash	Troll Claws	1.2
Fortress Grey	Company Grey	0.7
Fuegan Orange	Demigod Flames	4.9
Fulgrim Pink	Pink Potion	3.5
Fulgurite Copper	Barbarian Flesh	2.2
Fyreslayer Flesh	True Copper	3.0
Gal Vorbak Red	Royal Purple	3.8
Gal Vorbak Red	Royal Purple	3.8
Gauss Blaster Green	Thunderbird Blue	4.1
Gehenna Gold	Incursion Orange	4.1
Genestealer Purple	Alien Purple	4.9
Genestealer Purple	Alien Purple	4.9
Ghostly Grey	Company Grey	2.5
Goblin Green	Goblin Green	2.7
Golden Griffon	Otyugh Brown	1.6
Golden Yellow	Daemonic Yellow	3.2
Golgfag Brown	Mid Brown	1.9
Gore-Grunta Fur	Dirt Spatter	1.4
Gorthor Brown	Satchel Brown	3.6
Graveyard Earth	Leather Brown	6.5
Gretchin Green	Brownish Decay	2.3
Grey Knights Steel	Ghoul Grey	3.3
Grey Knights Steel	Ghoul Grey	3.3
Grey Seer	Orc Skin	1.6
Grey Seer	Orc Skin	1.6
Gryph-Charger Grey	Tidal Blue	2.0
Gryph-Hound Orange	Fur Brown	3.8
Gryphonne Sepia Wash	Fur Brown	4.7
Guilliman Blue	Ghostly Blue	1.2
Guilliman Flesh	Wet Mud	2.1
Hashut Copper	Amber Skin	3.4
Hawk Turquoise	Hydra Turquoise	4.9
Hellion Green	Thunderbird Blue	4.1
Hexos Palesun	Lens Flare Glow	1.0
Hexwraith Flame	Treant Green	4.3
Hobgrot Hide	Hemp Rope	2.3
Hoeth Blue	Wolf Grey	1.9
Hoeth Blue	Wolf Grey	1.9
Hormagaunt Purple	Hive Dweller Purple	8.0
Ice Blue	Bright Sapphire	4.0
Imperial Purple	Diabolic Plum	2.1
Imrik Blue	Troglodyte Blue	1.1
Incubi Darkness	Scarab Green	5.1
Ionrach Skin	Necrotic Flesh	2.5
Iron Hands Steel	Skeleton Bone	5.1
Iron Hands Steel	Skeleton Bone	5.1
Iron Warriors	Plate Mail Metal	2.3
Ironbreaker	Cadre Grey	3.6
Ironbreaker	Cadre Grey	3.6
Iyanden Darksun	Ki-Rin Gold	3.4
Iyanden Yellow	Greedy Gold	3.7
Jade Green	Elemental Bolt	4.5
Jokaero Orange	Mythical Orange	3.1
Kabalite Green	Elemental Bolt	5.3
Kakophoni Purple	Cultist Purple	7.7
Kakophoni Purple	Cultist Purple	7.7
Kantor Blue	Purple Tone	6.7
Kantor Blue	Purple Tone	6.7
Karak Stone	Burnt Turf	2.0
Karak Stone	Burnt Turf	2.0
Khemri Brown	Werewolf Fur	3.1
Khorne Red	Kobold Red	5.6
Khorne Red	Kobold Red	5.6
Kindleflame	Barbarian Flesh	0.7
Kislev Flesh	Otyugh Brown	4.4
Kislev Flesh	Otyugh Brown	4.4
Knarloc Green	Woodland Camo	4.5
Knight-Questor Flesh	Monster Brown	4.2
Kommando Khaki	Wasteland Clay	6.1
Krieg Khaki	Necrotic Flesh	2.8
Lahmian Medium	Gloss Varnish	0.4
Lamenters Yellow	Lens Flare Glow	0.7
Leadbelcher	Plate Mail Metal	0.7
Leadbelcher	Plate Mail Metal	0.7
Leadbelcher	Plate Mail Metal	0.7
Leprous Brown	Troll Claws	4.1
Leviadon Blue	Shadow Wash	4.3
Leviathan Purple Wash	Magecast Magenta	6.3
Liberator Gold	Otyugh Brown	1.6
Liche Purple	Alien Purple	6.8
Lightning Bolt Blue	Frost Blue	2.7
Longbeard Grey	Drake Tooth	2.8
Loren Forest	Military Shader	4.0
Lothern Blue	Ice Storm	2.2
Lothern Blue	Ice Storm	2.2
Lucius Lilac	Violet Coven	3.4
Lugganath Orange	Barbarian Flesh	1.0
Lupercal Green	Angel Green	8.0
Lupercal Green	Angel Green	8.0
Macharius Solar Orange	Fire Giant Orange	1.1
Macragge Blue	Beowulf Blue	0.8
Macragge Blue	Beowulf Blue	0.8
Macragge Blue	Beowulf Blue	0.6
Magenta Ink	Familiar Pink	2.4
Magos Purple	Fairy Pink	5.0
Martian Ironcrust	Aged Hide	3.5
Martian Ironearth	Aged Hide	3.5
Mechanicus Standard Grey	Regiment Grey	3.1
Mechanicus Standard Grey	Regiment Grey	3.1
Mechanicus Standard Grey	Regiment Grey	3.1
Mechrite Red	Vampire Garments	3.2
Mephiston Red	Cambion Crimson	4.0
Mephiston Red	Cambion Crimson	4.0
Mephiston Red	Cambion Crimson	3.9
Midnight Blue	Elven Armor	3.9
Militarum Green	Aztec Gold	5.6
Mithril Silver	Ghoul Grey	0.9
Moot Green	Wild Green	3.2
Moot Green	Wild Green	3.2
Mordant Earth	Dark Tone	3.6
Mordian Blue	Sapphire Gem	1.3
Morghast Bone	Burnt Turf	6.4
Mortarion Green Clear	Goblin Green	1.3
Mournfang Brown	Flesh Wash	3.5
Mournfang Brown	Flesh Wash	3.5
Munitorum Varnish	Gloss Varnish	0.6
Naggaroth Night	Alien Purple	3.2
Nauseating Blue	Alien Purple	1.8
Nazdreg Yellow	Greedy Gold	3.4
Necron Abyss	Broodmother Purple	4.1
Necron Compound	Spaceship Exterior	2.2
Niblet Green	Goblin Green	3.1
Night Lords Blue	Elven Armor	3.0
Night Lords Blue	Elven Armor	3.0
Nighthaunt Gloom	Evergreen Fog	4.8
Nihilakh Oxide	Verdigris	1.9
Nocturne Green	Unforgiven Green	6.8
Nocturne Green	Unforgiven Green	6.8
Nuln Oil	Plate Mail Metal	3.0
Nuln Oil Gloss	Silver Dragon	2.2
Nurgles Rot	Bright Gold	6.5
Nurgling Green	Olive Drab	2.8
Nurgling Green	Olive Drab	2.8
Ogryn Camo	Algae Green	1.8
Ogryn Camo	Algae Green	1.8
Ogryn Flesh Wash	Troll Claws	1.2
Ork Flesh	Greenskin	4.2
Orkhide Shade	Angel Green	1.8
Orruk Flesh	Bogey Green	5.5
Pallid Flesh	Opal Skin	4.6
Pallid Wych Flesh	Drake Tooth	3.0
Phalanx Yellow	Angelic Yellow	1.3
Phalanx Yellow	Angelic Yellow	1.3
Phoenician Purple	Hive Dweller Purple	8.2
Phoenician Purple	Hive Dweller Purple	8.2
Pink Horror	Purple Alchemy	2.2
Plaguebearer Flesh	Commando Green	6.2
Praxeti White	Holy White	0.0
Purple Ink	Magecast Magenta	6.3
Pyroclast Orange Clear	Fire Giant Orange	2.5
Rakarth Flesh	Grey Castle	3.0
Ratskin Flesh	Evil Chrome	3.2
Red Gore	Wyvern Fury	1.5
Regal Blue	Lich Blue	0.9
Reikland Fleshshade	Amber Skin	2.1
Reikland Fleshshade Gloss	Skeleton Bone	2.7
Relictor Gold	Feywild Glow	2.9
Retributor Armour	Imp Yellow	2.2
Retributor Armour	Imp Yellow	2.4
Rhinox Hide	Mocca Skin	2.3
Rotting Flesh	Grotesque Green	1.4
Runefang Steel	Ghoul Grey	2.8
Runefang Steel	Ghoul Grey	2.8
Runelord Brass	Dusty Skull	1.9
Russ Grey	Runic Grey	2.3
Russ Grey	Runic Grey	2.3
Ryza Rust	Nuclear Sunrise	2.5
Scab Red	Wyvern Fury	3.1
Scaly Green	Evergreen Fog	5.8
Scorched Brown	Soft Tone	1.7
Scorpion Green	Emerald Forest	2.8
Screamer Pink	Rebel Red	5.2
Screaming Bell	Fire Drake	2.5
Screaming Skull	Grotesque Green	2.7
Seraphim Sepia	Amber Skin	1.3
Shadow Grey	Tidal Blue	1.4
Shining Gold	Daemonic Yellow	2.0
Shyish Purple	Purple Tone	3.5
Sigismund Yellow Clear	Angelic Yellow	1.2
Sigmarite	Goblin Skin	3.6
Skarsnik Green	Potion Green	4.3
Skavenblight Dinge	Noble Skin	4.1
Skeleton Horde	Tomb King Tan	4.7
Skink Blue	Aquamarine	2.4
Skrag Brown	Hardened Leather	3.2
Skull White	Holy White	0.0
Skullcrusher Brass	Imp Yellow	3.7
Slaanesh Grey	Ash Grey	3.9
Slaanesh Grey	Ash Grey	3.9
Smelly Primer	Holy White	0.0
Snakebite Leather	Leather Brown	2.4
Snakebite Leather	Desert Yellow	2.8
Snot Green	Feywild Emerald	1.2
Sons of Horus Green	Ocean Depths	4.1
Sons of Horus Green	Ocean Depths	4.1
Sotek Green	Deep Azure	2.8
Soulstone Blue	Triumphant Navy	2.6
Space Wolves Grey	Deep Blue	3.1
Space Wolves Grey	Frost Blue	3.2
Spiritstone Red	Molten Orange	3.4
Squig Orange	Wet Mud	4.3
Steel Legion Drab	Tainted Gold	3.0
Steel Legion Drab	Tainted Gold	3.0
Stegadon Scale Green	Azure Magic	2.9
Stirland Battlemire	Golden Armour	0.7
Stirland Mud	Rust Tone	4.3
Storm Blue	Gothic Blue	3.4
Stormfang	Wolf Grey	1.1
Stormhost Silver	Spaceship Exterior	2.2
Stormshield	Gloss Varnish	0.4
Stormvermin Fur	True Brass	3.3
Straken Green	Goblin Green	4.9
Straken Green	Goblin Green	4.9
Sunburst Yellow	Daemonic Yellow	1.6
Sybarite Green	Ghoul Green	4.6
Sybarite Green	Ghoul Green	4.6
Sycorax Bronze	Amber Skin	2.8
Sylvaneth Bark	Noble Skin	0.6
Talassar Blue	Lich Blue	1.6
Tallarn Flesh	Ruddy Skin	2.5
Tallarn Sand	Hoplite Gold	4.9
Tallarn Sand	Hoplite Gold	4.9
Tanned Flesh	Evil Chrome	2.7
Tau Light Ochre	Greedy Gold	7.1
Tau Light Ochre	Greedy Gold	7.1
Tausept Ochre	Warrior Skin	6.2
Teclis Blue	Crystal Blue	3.0
Temple Guard Blue	Plasmatic Bolt	2.7
Temple Guard Blue	Plasmatic Bolt	2.7
Tentacle Pink	Diviner Light	1.7
Terminatus Stone	Skeleton Bone	2.5
Terminatus Stone	Skeleton Bone	2.5
Terracotta	Fur Brown	2.7
Terradon Turquoise	Ocean Depths	5.2
Tesseract Glow	Gauss Green	2.5
Thallax Gold	Flickering Flame	3.0
The Fang	Thunderous Blue	4.7
The Fang	Thunderous Blue	4.7
Thondia Brown	Tree Ancient	1.3
Thousand Sons Blue	Abyssal Blue	1.3
Thunderhawk Blue	Deep Azure	4.8
Thunderhawk Blue	Deep Azure	4.8
Tin Bitz	Noble Skin	5.0
Troll Slayer Orange	Nuclear Sunrise	2.5
Troll Slayer Orange	Nuclear Sunrise	2.5
Tuskgor Fur	Resplendent Red	3.7
Tuskgor Fur	Resplendent Red	3.7
Typhon Ash	Boney Spikes	3.9
Typhus Corrosion	Tainted Gold	5.1
Tyrant Skull	Necrotic Flesh	4.2
Ulthuan Grey	Pastel Seafoam	3.9
Ulthuan Grey	Pastel Seafoam	3.9
Ultramarine Blue	Royal Blue	1.5
Ultramarines Blue	Triumphant Navy	6.2
Underhive Ash	Necrotic Flesh	2.8
Ungor Flesh	Goblin Skin	3.7
Ushabti Bone	Rigor Mortis	5.6
Ushabti Bone	Rigor Mortis	5.6
Valdor Gold	Barbarian Flesh	2.2
Valhallan Blizzard	Spaceship Exterior	2.5
Vermin Brown	Fur Brown	4.7
Vermin Fur	Mid Brown	0.9
Verminlord Hide	Gemstone Red	4.6
Vile Green	Kraken Skin	4.4
Volupus Pink	Chimera Red	3.1
Vomit Brown	Troll Claws	1.3
Vulkan Green	Angel Green	2.2
Vulkan Green	Angel Green	2.2
Waaagh! Flesh	Angel Green	4.1
Warboss Green	Glittering Green	3.1
Warboss Green	Glittering Green	3.1
Warlock Purple	Spellbound Fuchsia	5.2
Warp Lightning	Greenskin	2.6
Warpfiend Grey	Plate Mail Metal	3.9
Warplock Bronze	Tanned Flesh	2.0
Warpstone Glow	Greenskin	3.8
Waystone Green	Gunner Camo	3.6
Waywatcher Green	Ferocious Green	2.7
Wazdakka Red	Chaotic Red	5.6
White Scar	Holy White	0.0
White Scar	Holy White	0.0
Wild Rider Red	Mythical Orange	2.4
Word Bearers Red	Gemstone	5.8
Word Bearers Red	Gemstone	5.8
Wrack White	Brigade Grey	1.9
Wraithbone	Bleached Bone	2.7
Wraithbone	Bleached Bone	2.7
Wyldwood	Strong Skin Shade	1.2
XV-88	Golden Armour	1.8
XV-88	Golden Armour	1.8
Xereus Purple	Hive Dweller Purple	5.7
Yriel Yellow	Daemonic Yellow	1.7
Zamesi Desert	Sand Golem	3.0
Zandri Dust	Combat Fatigues	6.2
Zandri Dust	Combat Fatigues	6.2
Zandri Dust	Combat Fatigues	6.2

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