# Auric Armour Gold (Citadel Layer) Paint Equivalents

> Auric Armour Gold (Citadel Layer) equivalents: Vallejo Polished Gold, Army Painter Bright Gold and Two Thin Coats Dragon's Gold, by ΔE colour distance.

Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/paints/citadel-layer/auric-armour-gold

§ PAINT · 11th edition

# Auric Armour Gold: Citadel Layer metallic, hex #ffc451. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.

Paint

Auric Armour Gold

Range

[Citadel Layer](/paints/citadel-layer)

Finish

metallic

Hex

#ffc451

Hex source

community data

## Auric Armour Gold equivalents

One paint from each other brand, the closest in colour and finish.

- ### Vallejo equivalent

    [Polished Gold](/paints/vallejo-game-color/polished-gold-72-055) Vallejo Game Color 72.055 ΔE 17.5

    approximate
- ### Army Painter equivalent

    [Bright Gold](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/bright-gold) Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 24.3

    approximate
- ### Two Thin Coats equivalent

    [Dragon's Gold](/paints/two-thin-coats/dragons-gold) ΔE 10.7

    approximate

Auric Armour Gold is a metallic paint from Citadel Layer. The closest paint in any other range is Retributor Armour from Citadel Base at ΔE 4.6, a safe substitute. Across the 13 other ranges, none offer a near match and 1 a safe substitute in the same finish; the rest are approximate or a different finish.

## Closest matches

### [Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0](/paints/speedpaint-2)

- [Ancient Honey](/paints/speedpaint-2/ancient-honey) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 6.1
- [Zealot Yellow](/paints/speedpaint-2/zealot-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.6
- [Maize Yellow](/paints/speedpaint-2/maize-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.6

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic](/paints/army-painter-fanatic)

- [Bright Gold](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/bright-gold) approximate ΔE 24.3
- [Mithril](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/mithril) approximate ΔE 31.3
- [Shining Silver](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/shining-silver) approximate ΔE 35.1

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Wash](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash)

- [Light Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/light-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 39.0
- [Sepia Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/sepia-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 47.5
- [Soft Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/soft-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 54.5

### [Citadel Base](/paints/citadel-base)

- [Retributor Armour](/paints/citadel-base/retributor-armour) safe substitute ΔE 4.6
- [Iron Hands Steel](/paints/citadel-base/iron-hands-steel) approximate ΔE 24.9
- [Balthasar Gold](/paints/citadel-base/balthasar-gold) approximate ΔE 28.9

### [Citadel Contrast](/paints/citadel-contrast)

- [Bad Moon Yellow](/paints/citadel-contrast/bad-moon-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 6.5
- [Imperial Fist](/paints/citadel-contrast/imperial-fist) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.3
- [Iyanden Yellow](/paints/citadel-contrast/iyanden-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 19.2

### [Citadel Shade](/paints/citadel-shade)

- [Mortarion Grime](/paints/citadel-shade/mortarion-grime) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 17.5
- [Casandora Yellow](/paints/citadel-shade/casandora-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 21.4
- [Soulblight Grey](/paints/citadel-shade/soulblight-grey) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 31.3

### [Two Thin Coats](/paints/two-thin-coats)

- [Dragon's Gold](/paints/two-thin-coats/dragons-gold) approximate ΔE 10.7
- [Heirloom Gold](/paints/two-thin-coats/heirloom-gold) approximate ΔE 12.9
- [Overlord Brass](/paints/two-thin-coats/overlord-brass) approximate ΔE 13.5

### [Vallejo Game Air](/paints/vallejo-game-air)

- [Moon Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-air/moon-yellow-76-005) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 5.9
- [Sun Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-air/sun-yellow-76-006) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.0
- [Toxic Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-air/toxic-yellow-76-109) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.1

### [Vallejo Game Color](/paints/vallejo-game-color)

- [Polished Gold](/paints/vallejo-game-color/polished-gold-72-055) approximate ΔE 17.5
- [Glorious Gold](/paints/vallejo-game-color/glorious-gold-72-056) approximate ΔE 17.8
- [Bright Bronze](/paints/vallejo-game-color/bright-bronze-72-057) approximate ΔE 18.7

### [Vallejo Mecha Color](/paints/vallejo-mecha)

- [Gold](/paints/vallejo-mecha/gold-69-059) approximate ΔE 19.7
- [Old Gold](/paints/vallejo-mecha/old-gold-69-060) approximate ΔE 22.8
- [Light Steel](/paints/vallejo-mecha/light-steel-69-064) approximate ΔE 27.7

### [Vallejo Metal Color](/paints/vallejo-metal)

- [Gold](/paints/vallejo-metal/gold-77-725) approximate ΔE 21.7
- [Dull Aluminium](/paints/vallejo-metal/dull-aluminium-77-717) approximate ΔE 26.7
- [Chrome](/paints/vallejo-metal/chrome-77-707) approximate ΔE 27.5

### [Vallejo Wash](/paints/vallejo-wash)

- [Dark Yellow](/paints/vallejo-wash/dark-yellow-76-503) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.5
- [Desert Dust](/paints/vallejo-wash/desert-dust-76-522) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 14.1
- [Light Rust](/paints/vallejo-wash/light-rust-76-505) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 22.5

### [Vallejo Xpress](/paints/vallejo-xpress)

- [Imperial Yellow](/paints/vallejo-xpress/imperial-yellow-72-403) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.7
- [Nuclear Yellow](/paints/vallejo-xpress/nuclear-yellow-72-404) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 13.1
- [Bag of Bones](/paints/vallejo-xpress/bag-of-bones-72-450) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 14.9

## Also in Citadel Layer

- [Skullcrusher Brass](/paints/citadel-layer/skullcrusher-brass) safe substitute ΔE 5.7
- [Flayed One Flesh](/paints/citadel-layer/flayed-one-flesh) approximate ΔE 7.8
- [Liberator Gold](/paints/citadel-layer/liberator-gold) approximate ΔE 9.5

Every pot in [Citadel Layer](/paints/citadel-layer) has a page like this one. Citadel against the other brands, whole ranges at a time: [Citadel to Vallejo](/paints/citadel-to-vallejo), [Citadel to Army Painter](/paints/citadel-to-army-painter), [Citadel to Two Thin Coats](/paints/citadel-to-two-thin-coats), [Vallejo to Citadel](/paints/vallejo-to-citadel), [Army Painter to Citadel](/paints/army-painter-to-citadel), [Two Thin Coats to Citadel](/paints/two-thin-coats-to-citadel).

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##  Questions

What is the Vallejo equivalent of Auric Armour Gold?

Polished Gold from Vallejo Game Color, at ΔE 17.5: the nearest metallic paint from Vallejo, though only an approximate match.

What is the Army Painter equivalent of Auric Armour Gold?

Bright Gold from Warpaints Fanatic, at ΔE 24.3: the nearest metallic paint from Army Painter, though only an approximate match.

What is the Two Thin Coats equivalent of Auric Armour Gold?

Dragon's Gold from Two Thin Coats, at ΔE 10.7: the nearest metallic paint from Two Thin Coats, though only an approximate match.