Two Thin Coats paint equivalents

Every Two Thin Coats paint on The Painters Desk (178 in all). Pick one to see its closest matches in the other brands. Swatch colours are estimates.

About Two Thin Coats paints

Two Thin Coats is the paint range from Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy. Most colours come as triads of a shadow, a midtone and a highlight, so a full three-step ramp is ready to use.

The Painters Desk lists 178 Two Thin Coats paints in 7 ranges (Triads: highlights: 41, Triads: midtones: 41, Triads: shadows: 41, Brights: 12, Metallics: 24, Washes: 13, Glazes: 6). By type that is 135 opaque base and layer paints, 24 metallics, 13 washes and shades, 6 inks, glazes and transparents.

How Two Thin Coats compares to Citadel

47%of 135 opaque paints have a Citadel match under ΔE 6

84%have one under ΔE 10

6.1median ΔE to the nearest Citadel paint

147paints 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:

Sanguine Scarlet ≈ Citadel Mephiston RedΔE 1, very close
Argonaut Skin ≈ Citadel Baneblade BrownΔE 3, very close
Orc Hide ≈ Citadel Nurgling GreenΔE 1, very close
Legion Green ≈ Citadel Stegadon Scale GreenΔE 4, very close
Seafarer Blue ≈ Citadel Baharroth BlueΔE 2, very close
Runic Purple ≈ Citadel Hive Fleet Purple (T5)ΔE 3, very close