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Citadel to Vallejo/Army Painter
CITADEL VALLEJO ARMY PAINTER
Abaddon Black Black (VMC 70.950) Matt Black
Administratum Grey Medium Sea Grey (VMC 70.870)
Altdorf Guard Blue Ultramarine Blue (72.022)
Auric Armour Gold Polished Gold (VGC 72.055)
Averland Sunset Filthy Brown (72.037) (For an even closer match, mix in a little Sun Yellow (72.006))
Baharroth Blue Sky Blue (VMC 70.961) & Blue Green (VMC 70.808)
Balor Brown Plague Brown (VGC 72.039)
Bugman's Glow Tan (VGC 72.066)
Cadian Fleshtone Mix Tan (VGC 72.066) + Pale Flesh (VGC 72.003)
Caledor Sky Magic Blue (VGC 72.021)
Calgar Blue Ultramarine Blue (72.022) + Pastel Blue (VMC 70901)
Caliban Green Black Green (VMC 70.980)
Celestra Grey Medium Sea Grey (VMC 70.870)
Castellan Green Cayman Green (VMC 72.067)
Ceramite White Dead White (VGC 72.001) Matt White
Daemonette Hide Purple (VMC 70.959) & Dark Sea Grey (70.991)
Dark Reaper Dark Sea Blue (VMC 70.898) with a little Flat Blue (VMC 70.962)
Dawnstone Dark Sea Grey (VMC 70.991) or Cold Grey (VGC 72.050)
Death Claw Brown Orange Brown (VMC 70.981) Filthy Cape
Death World Forest Brown Violet (VMC 70.887)
Doombull Brown Dark Fleshtone (VGC 72.044)
Dryad Bark Charred Brown (VGC 72.045) mixed with a little Ultramarine Blue (VGC 72.022)
Elisian Green Camouflage Green (VGC 72.031)
Emperor's Children Squid Pink (VGC 72.013) darkened with some Gory Red (72.011)
Eshin Grey German Grey (VMC 70.995) with a hint of Dead White (VGC 72.001)
Evil Sunz Scarlet Bloody Red (VGC 72.010) (Bloody Red is slightly less crimson; for a really close match you could add some Carmine Red (VMC 70.908))
Fenrisian Grey Pastel Blue (VMC 70901) desaturated with a little grey such as Medium Sea Grey (VMC 70.870)
Fire Dragon Bright Orange Fire (VGC 72.008)
Flash Gitz Yellow Moon Yellow (VGC 72.005)
Flayed One Flesh Pale Flesh (VGC 72.003) mixed with a little Khaki (VGC 72.061) Corpse Pale
Genestealer Purple Purple (VMC 70.959)
Gorthor Brown Saddle Brown (VMC 70.940)
Hoeth Blue Pastel Blue (VMC 70901) darkened with a touch of something like Flat Blue (VMC 70.962)
Incubi Darkness Black Green (VMC 70.980) mixed with Dark Prussian Blue (VMC 70.899)
Jokaero Orange Dwarf Skin (VGC 72.041) & Tan (VGC 72.066) in a roughly 3:2 ratio
Karak Stone Khaki (VGC 72.061)
Kabalite Green Scurvy Green (VGC 72.027)
Kantor Blue Dark Prussian Blue (VGC 70.899) mixed with a little Grey Green (VMC 70.866)
Kislev Flesh Elf Skintone (VGC 72.004)
Khorne Red Red (VMC 70.926) darkened slightly with a hint of dark blue such as Dark Prussian Blue (VMC70.899)
Leadbelcher Gunmetal Grey (VMC 70.863)
Loren Forest VMC Retractive Green (70.890), brightened with just a small amount of VMC Intermediate Green (70.891)
Lothern Blue Electric Blue (VGC 72.023)
Macragge Blue Stormy Blue (VGC 72.018)
Mechanicus Standard Grey Grey Green (VMC 70.866) Uniform Grey
Mephiston Red Flat Red (VMC 70.957) Dragon Red
Moot Green Escorpena Green (VGC 72.032) darkened with a little Sick Green (VGC 72.029)
Mournfang Brown Beasty Brown (VGC 72.043)
Naggaroth Night Royal Purple (72.016)
Nihilakh Oxide Electric Blue (VGC 72.023) with a little Livery Green (72.033)
Nurgling Green Dead Flesh (VGC 72.035) mixed with a little Sick Green (VGC 72.029)
Ogryn Camo Dead Flesh (VGC 72.035)
Pallid Wych Flesh Stonewall Grey (VGC 72.049) mixed with some Dead White (VGC 72.001)
Pink Horror Mix Red (VMC 70.926) with Squid Pink (VGC 72.013)
Rakarth Flesh Stonewall Grey (VGC 72.049) (For a really close match, mix in a tiny amount of Charred Brow (VGV 72.045)
Ratskin Flesh Dwarf Skin (VGC 72.041) & Tan (VGC 72.066) in a roughly equal ratio
Retributor Armour Glorious Gold (VGC 72.056)
Rhinox Hide Charred Brown (VGC 72.045)
Screamer Pink Gory Red (VGC 72.011) mixed with a little Hexed Lichen (VGC 72.015)
Screaming Bell Hammered Copper (VGC 72.059) (This isn't quite as red as the Screamin Bell)
Screaming Skull Bonewhite (VGC 72.034)
Skullcrusher Brass Mix Brassy Brass (VGC 72.058) with some Glorious Gold (VGC 72.056)
Skarsnik Green Escorpena Green (VGC 72.032) darkened with some Dark Blue (VGC 72.017) in a roughly 2:1 ratio
Skavenblight Dinge Mix Olive Drab (70.889) with German Grey (VMC 70.995)
Skrag Brown Parasite Brown (VGC 72.042)
Slaanesh Grey Cold Grey (VGC 72.050) mixed with a little Hexed Lichen (VGC 72.015)
Sotek Green Turquoise (VGC 72.024) Hydra Turquoise
Steel Legion Drab Tierra Earth (VGC 72.062) Leather Brown
Stegadon Scale Green Dark Sea Blue (VMC 70.898)
Stormhost Silver Silver (VMC 70.997) or Chrome (VMA 71.064)
Stormvernim Fur Cold Grey (VGC 72.050) mixed with just a hint of Yellow Olive (VGC 72.064) Castle Grey
Straken Green Goblin Green (VGC 72.030) mixed with a little Squid Pink (VGC 72.013)
Sybarite Green Foul Green (VGC 72.025)
Sycorax Bronze Brassy Brass (VGC 72.058) mixed with just a little Silver (VGC 72.052)
Tallarn Sand Green Brown (VMC - 70.879)
Tau Light Ochre Bronze Fleshtone (VGC 72.036)
Temple Guard Blue Light Turquiose (70.840)
Terminatus Stone Bonewhite (VGC 72.034)
The Fang Ultramarine Blue (VGC 72.022) & German Grey (VMC 70.995)
Thunderhawk Blue Dark Sea Blue (VMC 70.898) mixed with a little white
Troll Slayer Orange Clear Orange (VMC 70.956) or Orange Fire (VGC 72.008)
Ulthuan Grey Pale Grey Blue (VMC 70.907)
Ungor Flesh Plague Brown (VGC 72.039) with Elf Skintone (72.004)
Ushabti Bone Bonewhite (VGC 72.034) darkened slightly with a little Tierra Earth (72.062)
Waaargh! Flesh German Uniform (VMC 70.920)
Warpfiend Grey Cold Grey (VGC 72.050) with a small amount of Royal Purple (VGC 72.016)
Wazdakka Red Red (VMC 70.926)
Wild Rider Red Hot Orange (VGC 72.009)
Xereus Purple Hexed Lichen (VGC 72.015)
XV-88 Flat Earth (VMC 70.983)
Yriel Yellow Sun Yellow (VGC 72.006)
Zamesi Desert Desert Yellow (VGC 72.063)
Zandri Dust Green Brown (VMC - 70.879)
Vallejo to Citadel/Army Painter
VALLEJO CITADEL ARMY PAINTER
Azure Calgar Blue + a little white
Blue Grey Pale Celstra Grey + Russ Grey
Black Green Caliban Green + a little Castellan Green
Blue Green Sotek Green + a little Kabalite Green
Brown Violet Equal mix of Castellan Green + Steel Legion Drab
Buff Zemesi Desert + Ceramite White
Burnt Red Mephiston Red + Castellan Green in a roughly 3:2 ratio
Clear Orange Troll Slayer Orange + a hint of Mephiston Red
Cold Grey Rakarth Flesh + Mechanicus Standard Grey
Dark Prussian Blue Kantor Blue + tiny amount of Naggaroth Night (This still isn't a perfect match but it's pretty close)
Dark Sea Blue Stegadon Scale Green
Dark Sea Grey Rakarth Flesh + Mechanicus Standard Grey in ratio of around 3:2
Dead White Ceramite White Matt White
Deck Tan Celestra Grey + Screaming Skull Drake Tooth
Electric Blue Lothern Blue
Emerald Temple Guard Blue + Kabalite Green + a little Ceramite White
English Uniform XV-88 + Death World Forest in a 3:2 ratio
Escorpena Green Moot Green + a little White Scar
Flat Blue Altdorf Guard Blue
Flat Brown Mournfang Brown + Rhinox Hide in a roughly 3:2 ratio
Flat Flesh Kislev Flesh boosted with a little Fire Dragon Bright and a little White (it's also very close to Ungor Flesh)
Flat Green Roughly equal mix of Caliban Green + Elysian Green
Flat Red Mephiston Red
German Camo Dark Green Castellan Green mixed with a little Abaddon Black
German Camo Orange Ochre Averland Sunset + small amount of Dawnstone
German Field Grey Roughly equal mix of Castellan Green & Dawnstone
German Grey Abaddon Black + Mechanicus Standard Grey Matt Black + Uniform Grey
German Uniform Warboss Green + Dark Reaper in a ratio of around 3:2
German Yellow Ogryn Camo + Cermite White (50:50) + a hint of Flash Gitz Yellow
Gory Red Wazdakka Red
Green Grey Ulthuan Grey with a little Nurgling Green
Ice Yellow Ceramite White with a little Yriel Yellow
Imperial Blue Kantor Blue with a little Caledor Sky
Ivory Ceramite White + Screaming Skull Brainmatter Beige
Japanese Uniform Averland Sunset mixed with a little Death World Forest
Lemon Yellow Flash Gitz Yellow + White Scar + a hint of Moot Green
Light Green Blue Celestra Grey + a hint of Sotek Green
Light Orange Fire Dragon Bright + a hint of Ceramite White
Light Turquoise Temple Guard Blue (The Light Turquoise is just a little more vibrant)
Lime Green Roughly 3:1 mix of Yriel Yellow and Lothern Blue
Orange Fire Fire Dragon Bright
Pale Blue Celestra Grey + tiny amount of Temple Guard Blue
Pale Grey Blue Celestra Grey + Fenrisian Grey + Ceramite White (equal parts of each)
Purple Genestealer Purple + Xereus Purple
Prussian Blue Caledor Sky + small amount of Kantor Blue
Red Wazdakka Red
Refractive Green Castellan Green mixed with a hint of Elysian Green
Sky Blue Lothern Blue + White
Uniform Green Warboss Green + a little Elysian Green
USA Olive Drab Black mixed with Steel Legion Drab in a roughly 3:2 ratio.
Vermillion Evil Sunz Scarlet + Wild Rider Red (1:1) Dark Stone + Field Grey
Yellow Ochre Zamesi Desert
Scalecolor/Secret Weapon to Citadel/Vallejo
SCALECOLOR/SW CITADEL Vallejo
Alderbaran Red Evile Sunz Scarlet + Wild Rider Red (50:50)
Antares Red Evil Sunz Scarlet + hint of Wild Wider Red (this isn't quite as vibrant as the Antares Red, but the closest in the range)
Autumn Green Ogryn Camo + a little Moot Green, and a little White (White Scar or Ceramite White)
Black Metal Leadbelcher mixed with a little black Gunmetal Grey (VMC 70.863) mixed with a litte Black
Deep Red Khorne Red
Fuchsia Screamer Pink + Pink Horror
Gobi Brown Death World Forest mixed with a touch of Rhinox Hide
Goblin Flesh Moot Green (this isn't quite as vibrant as the Goblin Flesh but is the closest match from the range)
Hastur Purple Screamer Pink mixed with a hint of Naggaroth Night
Irati Green Warpstone Glow + a little Moot Green
Marduk Yellow Yriel Yellow + a little Ceramite White
Mayhem Red Evil Sunz Scarlet mixed with a little Screamer Pink
Secret Weapon Red Rust Rhinox Hide with a little Wild Rider Red
Secret Weapon Orange Rust Skrag Brown with a little Yriel Yellow
Sherwood Green Eylsian Green + a little Moot Green
Pure Copper Fulgurite Copper with a little Evil Sunz Scarlet
Army Painter to Citadel/Vallejo
ARMY PAINTER CITADEL Vallejo
Banshee Brown Baneblade Brown + Screaming Skull Khaki (VGC 72.061) + Stonewall Grey (VGC 72.049)
Brainmatter Beige Ceramite White + Screaming Skull Ivory (70.918)
Bright Gold Auric Armour Gold Polished Gold (VGC 72.055)
Castle Grey Stormvermin Fur Cold Grey (VGC 72.050) mixed with just a hint of Yellow Olive (VGC 72.064)
Daemonic Yellow Flash Gitz Yellow Moon Yellow (VGC 72.005)
Darkstone Dryad Bark Charred Brown (VGC 72.045) mixed with a little Ultramarine Blue (VGC 72.022)
Filthy Cape Dawnstone Cold Grey (VGC 72.050)
Gun Metal Leadbelcher Gunmetal Grey (VMC 70.863)
Hydra Turquoise Sotek Green Turquoise (VGC 72.024)
Mars Red Wild Rider Red is pretty close but a little more pinkish. Evil Sunz Scarlet + mix in a little Yriel Yellow will give a close match. Hot Orange (VGC 72.009)
Matt Black Abaddon Black Black (VMC 70.950)
Matt White Ceramite White Dead White (VGC 72.001)
Necrotic Flesh Ogryn Camo + Nurgling Green (50:50) Dead Flesh (VGC 72.035) with a little Yellow Olive (VGC 72.064)
Poisonous Cloud Moot Green + some Flash Gitz Yellow + White Livery Green (VGC 72.033) + a little Moon Yellow (VGC 72.005)
Shining Silver Stormhost Silver Silver (VMC 70.997) or Chrome (VMA 71.064)
Scaley Hide Skarsnik Green
Werewolf Fur Gorthor Brown Saddle Brown (VMC 70.940)