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CITADEL COLOUR PAINT CHART

Citadel Ink colour chart

STANDARD colourS

  Scab Red Base colour for red
  Red Gore Base colour for red
  Blood Red Main red colour
  Blazing Orange Highlight for red
  Fiery Orange Highlight for red
  Golden Yellow Base colour for yellow
  Sunburst Yellow Base or highlight for yellow
  Bad Moon Yellow  
  Scorched Brown Base for wood, clothes, Beastmen, fur
  Bestial Brown Base for wood, clothes, Beastmen, fur
  Snakebite Leather Highlight for Bestial Brown, leather straps
  Bubonic Brown Spears; Base colour for bone
  Vomit Brown  
  Bleached Bone Highlight for all browns, bones
  Dark Flesh Base colour for flesh, fur, wood
Vermin Brown Fur
Leprous Brown  
Dwarf Flesh Good base colour for most flesh
Bronzed Flesh Highlight for bone, wood
Elf Flesh Use for Elf flesh
Pallid Flesh Highlight for flesh
Nauseating Blue Base for purple
Imperial Purple Base for purple
Liche Purple  
Warlock Purple  
Tentacle Pink Pink Horrors/Slaanesh
Midnight Blue Base colour for blue
Storm Blue Base colour for blue
Regal Blue A very popular blue
Ultramarines Blue Use for Ultramarines Space Marines
Enchanted Blue Highlight for blue
Lightning Blue Highlight for blue
Ice Blue Highlight for blue
Hawk Turquoise Use for Eldar Swooping Hawks
Dark Angels Green Use for Dark Angels Space Marines/Orc skin
Snot Green Basic green 
Scorpion Green Use for Eldar Striking Scorpions
Bilious Green Highlight for greens
Goblin Green This is the colour we traditionally use for bases
Rotting Flesh Zombies; Highlight for Orc skin
Camo Green Dwarfs/Catachans/Imperium
Scaly Green Lizardmen, monsters
Jade Green Highlight for Scaly Green
  Vile Green Highlight for Jade Green
  Shadow Grey Base for Space Wolves/Highlight for black
  Space Wolves Grey Use for Space Wolves Space Marines
  Ghostly Grey  
  Chaos Black Also sold in a 500ml spray for undercoating
  Codex Grey Highlight for black
  Fortress Grey Highlight for Codex Grey; shading for white
  Skull White Also sold in a 500ml spray for undercoating
  Matt Varnish Only available in a 500ml spray

METALLIC COLOURS

  Mithril Silver Highlight for Chainmail/Boltgun Metal
Chainmail Base colour for metal
  Boltgun Metal Base colour for metal
  Tin Bitz Base colour for metal
  Beaten Copper Copper/Dwarfs
  Dwarf Bronze Base for gold
  Brazen Brass Shade for gold/Highlight for Tin Bitz
  Burnished Gold Highlight for gold
  Shining Gold Base for gold

Please note that all colours are approximate; actual colours may vary

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