Paint Equivalents

Duncan to Citadel paint conversion chart

Every Duncan paint with its closest Citadel equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 180 rows, sorted by name.

131 of the 180 Duncan colours below have an equivalent in Citadel within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 15 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 4.0. The 49 gaps are not spread evenly: 9 of them are blues, so that is the corner of the Duncan range Citadel does not answer.

DuncanCitadelΔE
Abyss Blue Fenrys Grey 2.8
Ambush Yellow Armageddon Dunes 2.3
Amethyst Rayne Hormagaunt Purple 3.3
Amphora Red Cygor Brown 4.1
Amulet Purple Dechala Lilac 6.1
Ancient Forest Khemri Brown 6.7
Ancient Gold Aggaros Dunes 2.5
Antiquity Green Dark Green Ink 6.8
Apocalypse Sky Wild Rider Red 5.8
Archaic Sepia Wash Commando Khaki 6.3
Ares Flesh Eldar Flesh 3.5
Argonaut Skin Agrellan Badland 5.2
Ashen Grey Death Korps Drab 5.3
Asmodeus Red Bugman Glow 4.9
Aztec Turquoise Wash Grey Seer 4.6
Barbarian Brawn Darkoath Flesh 3.0
Bard Skin Cryptek Armourshade Gloss 6.3
Batle Axe Brass Kislev Flesh 2.6
Battle Mud Wash Khemri Brown 4.5
Berserker Red Mournfang Brown 2.9
Blue Glaze Hoeth Blue 3.6
Blue Steel Ironbreaker 4.0
Boar Hide Bestial Brown 3.1
Bone Wash Canoptek Alloy 4.5
Boot Strap Brown Brazen Brass 2.4
Carapace Green Goblin Green 2.3
Carcharodon Grey Leadbelcher 1.5
Celestial Blue Fenrisian Grey 4.2
Centurion Red Angron Red Clear 3.2
Cerberus Brown Sigmarite 2.4
Chaos Bronze Commando Khaki 5.9
Cold Corpse Blue Eshin Grey 4.1
Contagion Green Ionrach Skin 3.3
Craven Yellow Lamenters Yellow 3.4
Cuirass Leather Tin Bitz 3.9
Cursed Blue Lothern Blue 6.5
Cyber Pink Emperor Children 5.7
Dark Sun Yellow Vomit Brown 2.5
Death Metal Stormvermin Fur 2.9
Death Reaper Eshin Grey 4.3
Decadent Purple Ghostly Grey 7.4
Demon Red Evil Sunz Scarlet 3.6
Doom Death Black Skavenblight Dinge 3.2
Dragon Fang Desert Yellow 5.7
Dragon's Gold Sigmarite 2.8
Dread Red Bloodreaver Flesh 4.7
Druid Flesh Gorthor Brown 4.0
Dry Rust Brown Fuegan Orange 2.9
Dungeon Stone Grey Warpfiend Grey 6.1
Dust Bowl Khemri Brown 3.7
Dwarven Iron Leadbelcher 2.3
Dwarven Skin Tallarn Flesh 2.6
Eidolon Grey Sylvaneth Bark 6.2
Elder Robe Caledor Sky 4.6
Elixir Green Vile Green 3.4
Elven Skin Reikland Fleshshade 3.3
Elysium Blue Hoeth Blue 0.9
Emperor Red Red Gore 1.6
Emperor's Purple Druchii Violet 5.3
Enchantment Blue Imrik Blue 5.1
Enchantress Purple Chemos Purple 4.7
Enticing Purple Slaanesh Grey 5.7
Ethereal Green Straken Green 2.7
Evil Eye Red Deathclaw Brown 4.7
Fanatic Orange Wild Rider Red 3.7
Faust Blue Eshin Grey 5.0
Field Grey Dawnstone 4.9
Fire Opal Cadian Fleshtone 2.4
Flak Gun Yellow Sigmarite 4.6
Flaming Forge Orange Bronzed Flesh 4.0
Flesh Wash Morghast Bone 3.6
Frost Blue Celestra Grey 5.5
Fury Green Aggaros Dunes 5.0
Ghoul Green Nihilakh Oxide 4.8
Gigawatt Blue Lightning Bolt Blue 6.6
Glistening Gold Desert Yellow 4.9
Glistening Gums Emperor Children 7.7
Gloss Varnish Grey Seer 2.0
Goblinoid Green Orruk Flesh 3.7
Gravestone Blue Codex Grey 6.4
Green Beret Athonian Camoshade 4.3
Green Glaze Bilious Green 4.0
Griffon Claw Commando Khaki 2.8
Gung-ho Green Ushabti Bone 3.9
Gyzmo Fur Bestigor Flesh 0.4
Hazard Yellow Wash Pallid Flesh 5.3
Heirloom Gold Ungor Flesh 3.0
Helion Red Wash Bugman Glow 4.6
Hellspawn Red Macharius Solar Orange 4.4
Hot Pink Carroburg Crimson 7.5
Hydra Green Dark Reaper 1.9
Incubus Purple Warpfiend Grey 3.6
Inferno Orange Wild Rider Red 5.1
Ion Blue Ulthuan Grey 5.3
Ivory Tusk Wrack White 4.7
Jade Green Dark Green Ink 4.4
Keleton Legion Karak Stone 4.0
Kobold Grey Administratum Grey 8.0
Kronos Flesh Karak Stone 4.3
Legion Green Scaly Green 5.0
Leviathan Blue Teclis Blue 1.5
Magi Purple Wash Naggaroth Night 6.2
Manticore Ochre Leprous Brown 3.3
Marine Blue Hormagaunt Purple 6.2
Matt Varnish Valhallan Blizzard 1.2
Merald Green Waystone Green 5.5
Mythic Turquoise Temple Guard Blue 7.4
Mythril Blade Codex Grey 2.2
Necrosis Green Wash Nurgling Green 7.2
Neo Pink Changeling Pink 4.5
Noble Steed Brown Fyreslayer Flesh 4.0
Oblivion Black Wash Eshin Grey 3.8
Omega Blue Baharroth Blue 6.1
Orange Flare Ryza Rust 4.3
Orange Glaze Thallax Gold 4.5
Orc Hide Nurgling Green 2.7
Overlord Brass Kislev Flesh 3.5
Oxidation Green Mechanicus Standard Grey 3.7
Paladin Flesh Fyreslayer Flesh 4.1
Pale Skin Kislev Flesh 3.6
Panzer Yellow Hobgrot Hide 4.2
Perisher Pink Knight-Questor Flesh 7.8
Pestilence Green Tyrant Skull 7.2
Plate Armour Astrogranite 1.3
Platinum Crown Wraithbone 3.7
Purple Glaze Carroburg Crimson 4.3
RC Flesh Wash Goblin Green 5.9
Ranger Cloak Camo Green 4.0
Ray Gun Glow Baharroth Blue 4.0
Red Glaze Bloodletter 3.7
Red Rage Beaten Copper 2.1
Relic Blue Calth Blue Clear 3.5
Ritz O'Tin Baneblade Brown 3.5
Rodent Grey Dawnstone 3.9
Royal Cloak Bloodreaver Flesh 5.3
Runic Purple Dechala Lilac 6.4
Rust Orange Macharius Solar Orange 3.8
Sandstone Baneblade Brown 2.1
Sanguine Scarlet Mephiston Red 1.7
Satyr Brown Fulgurite Copper 2.8
Scabbard Brown Khemri Brown 4.6
Scarab Red Squig Orange 5.1
Scorched Earth Gorthor Brown 5.4
Seafarer Blue Lothern Blue 2.1
Sentient Turquoise Aethermatic Blue 5.6
Septric Green Ogryn Camo 6.2
Serpent Eye Yellow Sunburst Yellow 1.9
Shadow Blue Nighthaunt Gloom 7.0
Sir Coates Silver Eshin Grey 2.3
Skulker Yellow Bronzed Flesh 4.4
Smoke Grey Wash Munitorum Varnish 0.9
Solar Flare Pyroclast Orange Clear 0.4
Sorceror's Cloak Eidolon Purple Clear 5.2
Spartan Bronze Scorched Brown 3.8
Spectral Purple Druchii Violet 5.0
Steampunk Copper Ratskin Flesh 3.7
Sun Bleach Yellow Sigismund Yellow Clear 3.4
Sword Hilt Burgundy Bloodreaver Flesh 7.6
Talisman Green Scorpion Green 4.6
Tempest Blue Wash The Fang 3.9
Temple Stone Commando Khaki 3.3
Top Brass Karak Stone 1.3
Traitor Green Dark Reaper 4.2
Troll Snot Green Orruk Flesh 2.8
Trooper White Valhallan Blizzard 5.5
Twin Suns Yellow Tyrant Skull 8.3
Ur Cloak Bugman Glow 4.5
Vambrace Brown Balthasar Gold 3.7
Vampire Fang Terminatus Stone 1.1
Von Evile Pimple Shyish Purple 4.4
War Master Green Mechanicus Standard Grey 4.0
Wasteland Brown Khemri Brown 6.6
White Star 'Ardcoat 0.0
Witching Hour Blue Ultramarine Blue 3.2
Wizard Grey Iron Warriors 2.7
Wolf Grey Russ Grey 4.5
Wyvern Green Death Korps Drab 2.9
Yellow Flame Averland Sunset 3.6
Yellow Glaze Lamenters Yellow 3.0
Zombie Rot Krieg Khaki 2.5

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