Welcome to The Painters Desk
A free colour wheel for miniature painters. See 2,638 paints from the big hobby brands laid out by hue and lightness, find what goes with what, and match paints across brands.
Open the colour wheelColour wheel
Every paint placed by its hue around the wheel and its lightness from centre to rim. Tick whole ranges or single paints, from any mix of brands.
- Complements and neighbours for shading, highlights and glazes
- A centre gradient that blends from the complement through your paint
- Remembers the paints you last had open
Cross-brand matches
Tap any paint to see its closest equivalents in the other ranges, so you can swap a paint you don't own for one you do.
- Matches from published conversion charts are ticked
- Nearest-colour picks fill the gaps
- Swatches are estimates, so check against the real pot
My paints
Keep a list of the paints on your shelf and bring them up on the wheel in one tap.
- Show only your collection on the wheel
- Limit matches to paints you already own
Recipes & tutorials
Share how you painted something, step by step, with the paints, photos and video for each stage.
- Browse what other painters have posted
- Upvote and save the ones you like
- Comment and ask questions
Your account
Sign in with Google, Discord, GitHub or an email and password to save your collection, recipes and wheel across devices.
- A public profile with your favourite paints
- Your recipes and tutorials in one place
The Painters Desk
Hue runs around the wheel; paints nearer the rim are lighter, nearer the center darker. Tap a paint to see its complement and neighbors for underpainting, shading and glazing. Dashed outline = wash, glowing outline = fluorescent.
Choose paints ·
Tick a whole range, or open it and tick individual paints. Selections from different ranges and brands show on the wheel together. While searching, a range checkbox selects only the matches.
Neutrals, greys & whites (tap to inspect)
Use the Choose paints panel to show any mix of paints from any brand. Basing textures appear in this list only, when selected.