Cross-brand swaps do not really exist for Dreadful Visage; the closest color anywhere, The Army Painter Pastel Lavender at 67 percent, sits in a different finish class, so it is a reference not a substitute. Dreadful Visage sits in the pink family: very light in tone, muted in saturation, cool in cast. It builds a smooth gradient with Gryph-Charger Grey underneath and Apothecary White on the highlights, all in the Citadel line. For a true match, stick with the original; cross-brand substitutes will read as a different color.
Dreadful Visage equivalents in other ranges
We ran Citadel Dreadful Visage 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 Pastel Lavender, dries slightly more saturated and darker than Dreadful Visage, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
The Army Painter
AK Interactive
Scale75
Two Thin Coats
P3 Paints
Humbrol
Tamiya
Green Stuff World
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Match difficulty
Found in 0 other brands with a same-finish match.
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Dreadful Visage?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Pastel Lavender at 67% color similarity.
Is Dreadful Visage a one-coat paint?
Dreadful Visage 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 Dreadful Visage with?
Highlight Dreadful Visage toward Apothecary White and shade it down into Gryph-Charger Grey, both Citadel paints in the same finish family.