Every Citadel Contrast color in one chart, rendered as accurate swatches. Contrast behaves differently from a flat acrylic — the swatch shows the pooled mid-tone you get over a light undercoat.
Contrast paints are Citadel's one-coat range: high-flow paint that settles dark in recesses and thin on raised detail, doing a base coat and shade in a single pass. This chart lists all 61 Contrast colors with an accurate swatch, hex value, and paint type.
A Contrast color over Wraithbone primer reads very differently from the same color over Grey Seer, so treat the swatch as the mid-tone. If you are matching to The Army Painter Speedpaint or Vallejo Xpress Color, use the conversion links — matches are computed by color distance against each brand's one-coat range.
Citadel range
Citadel Contrast
| Color | Hex | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Aeldari Emerald | #008973 | Contrast |
| Aethermatic Blue | #82BCC8 | Contrast |
| Aggaros Dunes | #D0BF6D | Contrast |
| Akhelian Green | #007B9B | Contrast |
| Apothecary White | #F6FBFF | Contrast |
| Asurmen Blue | #0083CA | Contrast |
| Baal Red | #D51C29 | Contrast |
| Bad Moon Yellow | #FFE100 | Contrast |
| Basilicanum Grey | #989897 | Contrast |
| Black Legion | #434345 | Contrast |
| Black Templar | #6A6A69 | Contrast |
| Blood Angels Red | #C11519 | Contrast |
| Briar Queen Chill | #91BDCA | Contrast |
| Celestium Blue | #275996 | Contrast |
| Creed Camo | #5D9272 | Contrast |
| Cygor Brown | #754A47 | Contrast |
| Dark Angels Green | #004E45 | Contrast |
| Darkoath Flesh | #D89987 | Contrast |
| Doomfire Magenta | #EC008C | Contrast |
| Dreadful Visage | #E4D3DF | Contrast |
| Flesh Tearers Red | #880E0B | Contrast |
| Frostheart | #003B54 | Contrast |
| Fyreslayer Flesh | #BD7866 | Contrast |
| Garaghak's Sewer | #8D6019 | Contrast |
| Gore-Grunta Fur | #8F4001 | Contrast |
| Gryph-Charger Grey | #AAC9DA | Contrast |
| Gryph-Hound Orange | #E96134 | Contrast |
| Guilliman Flesh | #D1A194 | Contrast |
| Gutrippa Flesh | #94B18E | Contrast |
| Hexwraith Flame | #00A237 | Contrast |
| Imperial Fist | #FDBA12 | Contrast |
| Ironjawz Yellow | #FFCF62 | Metallic |
| Iyanden Yellow | #FBC827 | Contrast |
| Karandras Green | #00A850 | Contrast |
| Kroxigor Scales | #0099AA | Contrast |
| Leviadon Blue | #002D59 | Contrast |
| Leviathan Purple | #27004B | Contrast |
| Luxion Purple | #431E75 | Contrast |
| Magmadroth Flame | #F26524 | Contrast |
| Magos Purple | #C2A7C3 | Contrast |
| Mantis Warriors Green | #8FB15D | Contrast |
| Militarum Green | #989C4D | Contrast |
| Nazdreg Yellow | #D99A00 | Contrast |
| Nighthaunt Gloom | #4C838A | Contrast |
| Ork Flesh | #00832B | Contrast |
| Plaguebearer Flesh | #C8CEA3 | Contrast |
| Pylar Glacier | #74C0EB | Contrast |
| Ratling Grime | #8E8684 | Contrast |
| Shyish Purple | #573F6A | Contrast |
| Sigvald Burgundy | #810054 | Contrast |
| Skeleton Horde | #EBE2C2 | Contrast |
| Snakebite Leather | #B26B0C | Contrast |
| Space Wolves Grey | #8FADC8 | Contrast |
| Stormfiend | #00628F | Contrast |
| Striking Scorpion Green | #12B259 | Contrast |
| Talassar Blue | #0073C2 | Contrast |
| Terradon Turquoise | #008DA5 | Contrast |
| Ultramarines Blue | #294F86 | Contrast |
| Volupus Pink | #8F0243 | Contrast |
| Warp Lightning | #00964E | Contrast |
| Wyldwood | #6A504B | Contrast |
Conversion desk
Convert Contrast to another brand
Each chart pairs every Citadel color, Contrast included, with its closest measured match in the target brand, ranked by color distance and grouped by finish type — so Contrast colors surface the other brand's one-coat equivalents first.
Common questions
How many Citadel Contrast paints are there?
The current Contrast range we track holds 61 colors, all listed on this chart with measured swatches and hex values.
What is the Speedpaint equivalent of a Contrast color?
The Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 is the closest competing one-coat range. Use the Citadel to Army Painter conversion link on this page: Contrast colors are matched by measured color distance, and one-coat finishes are flagged so you are not matching a Contrast to a flat acrylic by accident.
Do Contrast paints work over any primer?
They work over any light primer, but the undercoat is part of the final color: Wraithbone warms it, Grey Seer cools it. Over dark primers Contrast loses its shading effect almost entirely.
Is Contrast the same as a wash or shade?
No. A Shade like Nuln Oil is meant to tint recesses over an existing base coat, while Contrast carries enough pigment to be the base coat and the shade at once over bare primer.
From the lab
Where to buy Citadel Contrast paint
Contrast paints are sold individually and in sets. The link below opens a live search so you can compare current listings.
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