§ PAINT · 11th edition
Blue HorrorCitadel Layer opaque, hex #9eb5ce. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.
- Paint
- Blue Horror
- Range
- Citadel Layer
- Finish
- opaque
- Hex
- #9eb5ce
- Hex source
- community data
Blue Horror equivalents
One paint from each other brand: Duncan Rhodes’s own pick where there is one, otherwise the closest in colour and finish.
Vallejo equivalent
Ghost GreyVallejo Game Color72.046ΔE 9.0approximateArmy Painter equivalent
Frost BlueWarpaints FanaticΔE 3.9safe substituteTwo Thin Coats equivalent
Celestial BlueΔE 12.7◆ maker’s pickapproximate
Blue Horror is an opaque paint from Citadel Layer. The closest paint in any other range is Frost Blue from Warpaints Fanatic at ΔE 3.9, 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
- Pastel Indigo⚠ cross-finishΔE 2.5
- Battleship Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.1
- Ashen Stone⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.8
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic
- Frost Bluesafe substituteΔE 3.9
- Augur Bluesafe substituteΔE 6.2
- Company GreyapproximateΔE 10.2
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Wash
- Light Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 46.1
- Sepia Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 51.1
- Soft Tone⚠ cross-finishΔE 51.3
Citadel Base
- Grey SeerapproximateΔE 10.9
- Celestra GreyapproximateΔE 12.8
- Rakarth FleshapproximateΔE 19.8
Citadel Contrast
- Apothecary White⚠ cross-finishΔE 2.8
- Pylar Glacier⚠ cross-finishΔE 16.1
- Briar Queen Chill⚠ cross-finishΔE 17.9
Citadel Shade
- Soulblight Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 13.6
- Poxwalker⚠ cross-finishΔE 19.3
- Tyran Blue⚠ cross-finishΔE 20.8
Two Thin Coats
- Celestial Blue◆ maker’s pickapproximateΔE 12.7
- Ion Blue◆ maker’s pickapproximateΔE 13.0
- Decadent PurpleapproximateΔE 11.5
Vallejo Game Air
- Sunrise BlueapproximateΔE 11.9
- Wolf GreyapproximateΔE 12.7
- Electric BlueapproximateΔE 16.4
Vallejo Game Color
- Ghost GreyapproximateΔE 9.0
- Glacier BlueapproximateΔE 10.4
- Steel GreyapproximateΔE 11.5
Vallejo Mecha Color
- Light GreyapproximateΔE 9.7
- GreyapproximateΔE 10.7
- Stone GreyapproximateΔE 10.7
Vallejo Metal Color
- White Aluminium⚠ cross-finishΔE 10.8
- Semi Matt Aluminium⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.3
- Chrome⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.6
Vallejo Wash
- Blue Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 9.1
- Pale Grey Wash⚠ cross-finishΔE 11.5
- Light Grey⚠ cross-finishΔE 13.4
Vallejo Xpress
- Templar White⚠ cross-finishΔE 13.6
- Mummy White⚠ cross-finishΔE 25.7
- Starship Steel⚠ cross-finishΔE 26.6
Also in Citadel Layer
- Runefang SteelapproximateΔE 10.4
- Fenrisian GreyapproximateΔE 11.4
- IronbreakerapproximateΔE 14.5
Every pot in Citadel Layer has a page like this one. Citadel against the other brands, whole ranges at a time: Citadel to Vallejo, Citadel to Army Painter, Citadel to Two Thin Coats, Vallejo to Citadel, Army Painter to Citadel, Two Thin Coats to Citadel.
Match it in the toolQuestions
- What is the Vallejo equivalent of Blue Horror?
- Ghost Grey from Vallejo Game Color, at ΔE 9.0: the nearest opaque paint from Vallejo, though only an approximate match.
- What is the Army Painter equivalent of Blue Horror?
- Frost Blue from Warpaints Fanatic, at ΔE 3.9: a safe substitute in the same finish.
- What is the Two Thin Coats equivalent of Blue Horror?
- Celestial Blue from Two Thin Coats: the equivalent published by Duncan Rhodes, who makes Two Thin Coats. By colour alone the two sit ΔE 12.7 apart.