Paint record

Ruddy Fur

The Army Painter

Contrast · #A1491D

Ink / wash / contrastSpeedpaint 2.0

Ruddy Fur is a mid-tone vivid brown with a warm undertone. Highlight it toward Poppy Red, the nearest lighter paint in the The Army Painter lane. Substitutes are thin here, with Citadel Gore-Grunta Fur the closest same-finish option at 71 percent and no brand hitting the strong-match bar. Cross-brand swaps are adjust-on-model territory here, useful as a starting point rather than an exact replacement.

Cross-brand results

Ruddy Fur equivalents in other ranges

We ran The Army Painter Ruddy Fur against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.

Even the nearest color, Citadel Gore-Grunta Fur, dries slightly darker and warmer than Ruddy Fur, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.

How to read the score

90+Close

80sUsable

<70Mix

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About this color

Color profile

Familybrown
Lightnessmid
Saturationvivid
Undertonewarm

Highlight and shade ladder

Pairs well with

Tyrian Navycomplement
Uniform Greyneutral anchor
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Match difficulty

Distinctive
Closest cross-brand match

Found in 0 other brands with a same-finish match.

Where painters use it

one coat leather and wood basesingle coat base coating
Common questions

Frequently asked

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Ruddy Fur?

The closest same-finish match is Citadel Gore-Grunta Fur at 71% color similarity.

Is Ruddy Fur a one-coat paint?

Ruddy Fur is a contrast paint, made to basecoat and shade in a single pass over a light primer. One coat drops color into the recesses and leaves the raised areas brighter; a second coat deepens the tone if you want it richer.

What do I highlight and shade Ruddy Fur with?

The next step up for highlighting Ruddy Fur is Poppy Red in the The Army Painter range. Nothing sits directly below it in the same lane, so reach for a wash to shade.

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