Humbrol to Citadel paint conversion chart
Every Humbrol paint with its closest Citadel equivalent, matched by CIEDE2000. 112 rows, sorted by name.
88 of the 112 Humbrol colours below have an equivalent in Citadel within ΔE 5, the distance at which a substitution stops being obvious on a painted model. 20 sit within ΔE 2 and are interchangeable outright. Across the whole range the typical distance is ΔE 3.4. The 24 gaps are not spread evenly: 9 of them are yellows, so that is the corner of the Humbrol range Citadel does not answer.
How close is close enough? Reading the ΔE column
Moving a whole recipe across takes more than one pot. These search the boxed sets each range is sold in.
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| Humbrol | Citadel | ΔE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminium Acrylics - Metallics | Runefang Steel Air | 2.4 | ||
| Aluminium Aerosol Sprays | Runefang Steel Air | 2.5 | ||
| Antique Bronze Acrylics - Metallics | Dwarf Bronze Foundation (discontinued) | 1.0 | ||
| Army Green Acrylics - Matt | Death Guard Green Base | 2.7 | ||
| Beige Green Aerosol Sprays - Matt | Longbeard Grey Dry | 7.5 | ||
| Black Acrylics - Gloss | Abaddon Black Air | 0.0 | ||
| Black Acrylics - Satin | Corvus Black Air | 2.5 | ||
| Black Gloss Aerosol Sprays | Abaddon Black Air | 0.0 | ||
| Black Matt Aerosol Sprays | Black Legion Contrast | 1.1 | ||
| Black Satin Aerosol Sprays | Black Legion Contrast | 2.8 | ||
| Blue Acrylics - Matt | Storm Blue Foundation (discontinued) | 1.5 | ||
| Brass Aerosol Sprays | Leprous Brown Foundation (discontinued) | 1.7 | ||
| Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | Leprous Brown Foundation (discontinued) | 3.6 | ||
| Bright Green Acrylics - Matt | Tesseract Glow Technical | 2.6 | ||
| Bronze Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | Brass Scorpion Layer | 4.1 | ||
| Brown Acrylics - Matt | Vermin Fur Foundation (discontinued) | 3.8 | ||
| Brunswick Green Acrylics - Matt | Caliban Green Air | 5.4 | ||
| Brunswick Green Aerosol Sprays | Caliban Green Air | 3.4 | ||
| Chocolate Acrylics - Matt | Fyreslayer Flesh Contrast | 1.7 | ||
| Chrome Silver Acrylics - Metallics | Necron Compound Dry | 2.7 | ||
| Chrome Silver Aerosol Sprays | Necron Compound Dry | 3.7 | ||
| Copper Acrylics - Metallics | Brass Scorpion Layer | 4.3 | ||
| Cream Acrylics - Matt | Armageddon Dunes Technical | 4.0 | ||
| Crimson Acrylics - Gloss | Blood Angels Red Contrast | 4.1 | ||
| Dark Brown Aerosol Sprays | Typhon Ash Air | 4.6 | ||
| Dark Camouflage Grey Satin Acrylics - Gloss | Astrogranite Technical | 5.8 | ||
| Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt | Brazen Brass Foundation (discontinued) | 5.6 | ||
| Dark Green Acrylics - Gloss | Typhus Corrosion Technical | 5.7 | ||
| Dark Green Acrylics - Matt | Snot Green Foundation (discontinued) | 3.4 | ||
| Dark Green Aerosol Sprays | Snot Green Foundation (discontinued) | 3.4 | ||
| Dark Green Aerosol Sprays - Satin | Dryad Bark Air | 4.8 | ||
| Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt | Eshin Grey Layer | 3.4 | ||
| Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays | Agrellan Badland Technical | 3.9 | ||
| Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Bubonic Brown Foundation (discontinued) | 3.4 | ||
| Desert Yellow Aerosol Sprays | Karak Stone Air | 2.8 | ||
| Duck Egg Blue Acrylics - Matt | Ulthuan Grey Air | 3.5 | ||
| Emerald Green Acrylics - Gloss | Mortarion Green Clear Air | 3.5 | ||
| Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss | Warpfiend Grey Layer | 3.1 | ||
| Fire Orange Acrylics - Gloss | Angron Red Clear Air | 1.6 | ||
| Flesh Acrylics - Matt | Fire Dragon Bright Layer | 3.3 | ||
| Fluorescent Signal Green Acrylics - Gloss | Tesseract Glow Technical | 2.6 | ||
| French Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Mordian Blue Foundation (discontinued) | 2.9 | ||
| German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt | Gore-Grunta Fur Contrast | 3.6 | ||
| Gloss Purple Aerosol Sprays | Naggaroth Night Base | 4.7 | ||
| Gloss Varnish Acrylics - Gloss | Corax White Base | 0.0 | ||
| Gold Acrylics - Metallics | Shining Gold Foundation (discontinued) | 3.7 | ||
| Gold Aerosol Sprays | Shining Gold Foundation (discontinued) | 3.3 | ||
| Grass Green Acrylics - Matt | Death Guard Green Base | 2.5 | ||
| Grass Green Aerosol Sprays | Death Guard Green Base | 3.0 | ||
| Grey Aerosol Sprays | Drakenhof Nightshade Shade | 3.1 | ||
| Gun Metal Aerosol Sprays | Typhus Corrosion Technical | 5.6 | ||
| Gunmetal Acrylics - Metallics | Black Legion Contrast | 2.3 | ||
| Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt | Mechrite Red Foundation (discontinued) | 4.5 | ||
| Insignia Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Averland Sunset Air | 1.1 | ||
| Italian Racing Red Aerosol Sprays | Evil Sunz Scarlet Air | 3.8 | ||
| Ivory Acrylics - Gloss | Longbeard Grey Dry | 8.4 | ||
| Khaki Acrylics - Matt | Tallarn Sand Air | 5.8 | ||
| Khaki Drill Acrylics - Matt | Sycorax Bronze Layer | 3.9 | ||
| Leather Acrylics - Matt | Tanned Flesh Foundation (discontinued) | 4.3 | ||
| Lemon Acrylics - Matt | Phalanx Yellow Air | 1.3 | ||
| Light Grey Acrylics - Matt | Wrack White Dry | 2.3 | ||
| Light Olive Aerosol Sprays | Aggaros Dunes Contrast | 3.9 | ||
| Lime Acrylics - Gloss | Scorpion Green Foundation (discontinued) | 6.2 | ||
| Lime Green Aerosol Sprays | Rotting Flesh Foundation (discontinued) | 4.0 | ||
| Magenta Acrylics - Matt | Warlock Purple Foundation (discontinued) | 6.1 | ||
| Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt | Steel Legion Drab Air | 5.5 | ||
| Matt Tank Grey Acrylics - Matt | Mechanicus Standard Grey Air | 4.6 | ||
| Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Imrik Blue Dry | 3.6 | ||
| Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | Drakenhof Nightshade Shade | 2.4 | ||
| Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt | Lothern Blue Air | 2.3 | ||
| Midnight Blue Acrylics - Gloss | Soulstone Blue Technical | 2.6 | ||
| Midnight Blue Aerosol Sprays | Soulstone Blue Technical | 3.2 | ||
| Natural Wood Acrylics - Matt | Brazen Brass Foundation (discontinued) | 0.8 | ||
| Oak Acrylics - Satin | Bleached Bone Foundation (discontinued) | 3.0 | ||
| Ocean Grey Acrylics - Matt | Death Guard Green Base | 3.4 | ||
| Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt | Steel Legion Drab Air | 6.1 | ||
| Olive Green Acrylics - Matt | Aggaros Dunes Contrast | 3.2 | ||
| Orange Acrylics - Gloss | Ryza Rust Dry | 3.1 | ||
| Orange Aerosol Sprays | Ryza Rust Dry | 2.4 | ||
| Pastel Blue Acrylics - Matt | Apothecary White Contrast | 7.1 | ||
| Pastel Green Acrylics - Matt | Bilious Green Foundation (discontinued) | 8.5 | ||
| Pastel Violet Acrylics - Matt | Tentacle Pink Foundation (discontinued) | 5.9 | ||
| Pink Acrylics - Matt | Changeling Pink Dry | 7.8 | ||
| Primer Acrylics - Matt | Eshin Grey Layer | 6.1 | ||
| Primer Aerosol Sprays | Dawnstone Air | 7.6 | ||
| Purple Acrylics - Gloss | Shyish Purple Contrast | 2.8 | ||
| RAF Blue Acrylics - Matt | Stormfang Dry | 8.9 | ||
| Red Acrylics - Gloss | Angron Red Clear Air | 2.5 | ||
| Red Aerosol Sprays | Angron Red Clear Air | 2.6 | ||
| Rust Acrylics - Matt | Deathclaw Brown Air | 2.3 | ||
| Sand Acrylics - Matt | Ungor Flesh Layer | 4.2 | ||
| Sand Aerosol Sprays | Flesh Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) | 3.1 | ||
| Satin Varnish Acrylics - Gloss | Corax White Base | 0.0 | ||
| Scarlet Acrylics - Matt | Evil Sunz Scarlet Air | 1.4 | ||
| Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt | Eshin Grey Layer | 6.9 | ||
| Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays | Eshin Grey Layer | 5.3 | ||
| Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss | Devlan Mud Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) | 5.1 | ||
| Signal Red Acrylics - Gloss | Angron Red Clear Air | 4.0 | ||
| Silver Acrylics - Metallics | Valhallan Blizzard Technical | 1.6 | ||
| Silver Aerosol Sprays | Wrack White Dry | 2.3 | ||
| Tan Acrylics - Gloss | Brass Scorpion Layer | 4.0 | ||
| Tank Grey Aerosol Sprays | Mechanicus Standard Grey Air | 6.1 | ||
| Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt | Golden Yellow Foundation (discontinued) | 1.7 | ||
| US Ghost Grey Acrylics - Satin | Grey Knights Steel Air | 1.8 | ||
| US Light Green Acrylics - Matt | Knarloc Green Foundation (discontinued) | 5.5 | ||
| US Tan Acrylics - Matt | Seraphim Sepia Shade | 3.1 | ||
| WWI Blue Acrylics - Matt | Stormfang Dry | 3.1 | ||
| White Acrylics - Gloss | Corax White Base | 0.0 | ||
| White Gloss Aerosol Sprays | 'Ardcoat Technical | 2.7 | ||
| White Matt Aerosol Sprays | Dryad Bark Air | 4.7 | ||
| Yellow Acrylics - Gloss | Yriel Yellow Layer | 1.2 | ||
| Yellow Aerosol Sprays | Yriel Yellow Layer | 1.0 | ||