Reaper paint equivalents

Every Reaper paint on The Painters Desk (210 in all). Pick one to see its closest matches in the other brands. Swatch colours are estimates.

About Reaper paints

Reaper Miniatures is an American miniatures company. Its Master Series Paints come in triads of a shadow, a midtone and a highlight, with skin, metallic, liner, clear and ink colours.

The Painters Desk lists 210 Reaper paints in 3 ranges (Master Series Paints: 174, MSP Metallics: 21, MSP Clears & Inks: 15). By type that is 171 opaque base and layer paints, 23 metallics, 15 inks, glazes and transparents, 1 pearls.

How Reaper compares to Citadel

51%of 171 opaque paints have a Citadel match under ΔE 6
85%have one under ΔE 10
5.8median ΔE to the nearest Citadel paint
0paints 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:

Master Series Paints

MSP Metallics

MSP Clears & Inks

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