Army Painter paint equivalents

Every Army Painter paint on The Painters Desk (468 in all). Pick one to see its closest matches in the other brands. Swatch colours are estimates.

About Army Painter paints

The Army Painter is a Danish hobby company. Its Warpaints Fanatic range is a large set of dropper-bottle acrylics built around colour triads, and Speedpaint is its one-coat range, painted over a light primer.

The Painters Desk lists 468 Army Painter paints in 4 ranges (Warpaints Fanatic: 210, John Blanche Vol. 1-4: 40, Warpaints Air: 129, Speedpaint 2.0: 89). By type that is 310 opaque base and layer paints, 81 one-coat contrast-style paints, 48 metallics, 24 washes and shades, 3 technical paints, primers and mediums, 2 fluorescents and effects.

How Army Painter compares to Citadel

49%of 310 opaque paints have a Citadel match under ΔE 6
81%have one under ΔE 10
6.1median ΔE to the nearest Citadel paint
305paints with a chart-listed Citadel equivalent

ΔE is the colour difference between two swatches (CIE76): under about 6 looks close side by side, over about 15 is a loose substitute. These figures compare our estimated swatches, so treat them as a guide, not a guarantee.

Some of the closest pairs:

Army Painter to Citadel conversion chart

Conversion charts

Warpaints Fanatic

John Blanche Vol. 1-4

Warpaints Air

Speedpaint 2.0