In the pot, Gryph-Hound Orange reads as a warm red, mid-tone and vivid. Within the Citadel range it ladders cleanly, Baal Red for the shadows and Magmadroth Flame for the highlights. This color is somewhat distinctive: 1 brand offers a strong same-finish match, The Army Painter Bright Red closest at 81 percent. Any substitute is a mixing base rather than a drop-in, so tune it on the model.
Gryph-Hound Orange equivalents and near misses
Fair warning: nothing matches Citadel Gryph-Hound Orange cleanly. The options below are the least bad, and every one of them drifts.
Closest The Army Painter equivalent: The Army Painter Bright Red, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.8).
Nearest in the Two Thin Coats catalog: Two Thin Coats Hazard Yellow Wash, only a loose relative (delta E 9.0).
Best AK Interactive option: AK Interactive Deep Orange, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.1), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
From Vallejo: Vallejo Orange Fire, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 3.1), but it is an opaque acrylic so treat it as a color reference, not a swap.
The drift here is spread thinly across hue, lightness and saturation rather than leaning one way, so the mismatch reads as a general haze at delta E 3.8 rather than an obvious shift.
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90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
The Army Painter
Two Thin Coats
AK Interactive
Vallejo
Monument Pro Acryl
Scale75
Tamiya
Humbrol
Revell
Green Stuff World
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What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Gryph-Hound Orange?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Bright Red at 81% color similarity.
Is Gryph-Hound Orange a one-coat paint?
Gryph-Hound Orange 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 Gryph-Hound Orange with?
Highlight Gryph-Hound Orange toward Magmadroth Flame and shade it down into Baal Red, both Citadel paints in the same finish family.