Cygor Brown is a dark muted red with a warm undertone. Within the Citadel range it ladders cleanly, Black Legion for the shadows and Black Templar for the highlights. Substitutes are thin here, with The Army Painter Dusk Red the closest same-finish option at 76 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.
Cygor Brown equivalents in other ranges
We ran Citadel Cygor Brown against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.
Even the nearest color, The Army Painter Dusk Red, dries slightly darker and more saturated than Cygor Brown, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
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<70Mix
The Army Painter
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What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Cygor Brown?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Dusk Red at 76% color similarity.
Is Cygor Brown a one-coat paint?
Cygor Brown 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 Cygor Brown with?
Highlight Cygor Brown toward Black Templar and shade it down into Black Legion, both Citadel paints in the same finish family.