Tau Light Ochre is a mid-tone vivid orange with a warm undertone. It builds a smooth gradient with Balor Brown underneath and Troll Slayer Orange on the highlights, all in the Citadel line. This color is somewhat distinctive: 2 brands offer a strong same-finish match, Monument Pro Acryl Orange Yellow closest at 92 percent. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Tau Light Ochre equivalents in other ranges
1 of the 11 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Citadel Tau Light Ochre, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest Monument Pro Acryl equivalent: Monument Pro Acryl Orange Yellow, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.7).
- Best Green Stuff World option: Green Stuff World Leather Brown, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.4).
- From P3 Paints: P3 Paints Heartfire, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.3).
- Humbrol's closest color: Humbrol Ochre, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.7).
- Nearest in the The Army Painter catalog: The Army Painter Demigod Flames, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.7).
- Best Two Thin Coats option: Two Thin Coats Dry Rust Brown, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 6.0).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 1.7 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Monument Pro Acryl
Green Stuff World
P3 Paints
Humbrol
The Army Painter
Two Thin Coats
Vallejo
AK Interactive
Revell
Scale75
Tamiya
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Pairs well with
Try any paint in the scheme toolMatch difficulty
Found in 2 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Tau Light Ochre?
The closest same-finish match is Monument Pro Acryl Orange Yellow at 92% color similarity.
Is there a The Army Painter equivalent of Tau Light Ochre?
Yes. The closest The Army Painter option is Demigod Flames at 76%, a same-finish match.
What color is Tau Light Ochre?
Tau Light Ochre is a mid-tone vivid orange with a warm undertone (hex #BC6B10).
What do I highlight and shade Tau Light Ochre with?
Highlight Tau Light Ochre toward Troll Slayer Orange and shade it down into Balor Brown, both Citadel paints in the same finish family.