Looking for an easy way to convert the old citadel paints into the new ones?
This is your ultimate guide and chart for converting the old citadel paint line into their new names.
Firstly, let’s start with the conversion chart directly from citadel.
Citadel Paint Conversion Chart
This is a very useful chart if you just want to quickly look up a color to see what the new color name is.
However, if you want the ability to print out a chart this is not ideal as it will eat up a lot of your toner with all those colors.
(By the way, if you’re looking for a way to organize your Citadel Paints, check out our TTG Modular Hobby Organizer System)
Now, because the chart is not sorted alphabetically, it makes it more difficult to find the right color you’re looking for.
So what I’ve done is I’ve created two charts that are easy to print out, and which are sorted in alphabetical order.
Old Citadel Paint to New Citadel Paint Conversion Chart – Alphabetical
The first chart is a convenient alphabetical listing of all the old citadel paint colors and their corresponding new colors.
Click on the chart to enlarge it.
If you’d like to download a PDF version that you can print out, you can download it by clicking here.
New Citadel Paint to Old Citadel Paint Conversion Chart – Alphabetical
Now, if you need to know what the OLD citadel paint color was for a corresponding NEW citadel color, this is the chart you’ll want.
Click on the chart to enlarge it.
This chart can be especially useful if you’re looking at a codex or a box showing the required new color of paint, and you want to check to see if you have that same color already at home but under the old name.
If you’d like to download a PDF version that you can print out, you can download it by clicking here.
Now if you just want a quick alphabetical listing, here they are:
Old Citadel Paint to New Citadel Paint Alphabetical Listing of Colors
- Adeptus Battlegrey is now Mechanicus Standard Grey
- Astronomican Grey is now Celestra Grey
- Asurmen Blue is now Deakenhof Nightshade
- Baal Red is now Carrobug Crimson
- Badab Black is now Nuln Oil
- Bestial Brown is now Mournfang Brown
- Blazing Orange is now Troll Slayer Orange
- Bleached Bone is now Ushabti Bone
- Blood Red is now Evil Sunz Scarlet
- Boltgun Metal is now Leadbelcher
- Bubonic Brown is now Zamesi Desert
- Burnished Gold is now Auric Armour Gold
- Calthan Brown is now Mournfang Brown
- Camo Green is now Elysian Green
- Catachan Green is now Castellan Green
- Chainmail is now Ironbreaker
- Chaos Black is now Abaddon Black
- Charadon Granite is now Strmvermin Fur
- Codex Grey is now Dawnstone
- Dark Angels Green is now Caliban Green
- Dark Flesh is now Doombull Brown
- Desert Yellow is now Tallarn Sand
- Devlan Mud is now Agrax Earthshade
- Dhenab Stone is now Rakarth Flesh
- Dwarf Bronze is now Hashut Copper
- Dwarf Flesh is now Ratskin Flesh
- Elf Flesh is now Kislev Flesh
- Enchanted Blue is now Caledor Sky
- Fenris Grey is now The Fang
- Fortress Grey is now Administratum Grey
- Goblin Green is now Warboss Green
- Golden Yellow is now Yriel Yellow
- Graveyard Earth is now Steel Legion Drab
- Gretchin Green is now Deathworld Forest
- Gryphonne Sepia is now Seraphim Sepia
- Hawk Turquoise is now Sotek Green
- Hormagaunt Purple is now Daemonette Hide
- Ice Blue is now Lothern Blue
- Khemri Brown is now Baeblade Brown
- Knarloc Green is now Loren Forest
- Kommando Khaki is now Karak Stone
- Leviathan Purple is now Druchii Violet
- Liche Purple is now Xereus Purple
- Lyanden Darksun is now Averland Sunset
- Macharius Solar Orange is now Jokaero Orange
- Mechrite Red is now Mephiston Red
- Mithril Silver is now Runefang Steel
- Mordian Blue is now Macragge Blue
- Necron Abyss is now Kantor Blue
- Ogryn Flesh is now Reikland Fleshshade
- Orkhide Shade is now Caliban Green
- Red Gore is now Wazdakka Red
- Regal Blue is now Kantor Blue
- Rotting Flesh is now Nurgling Green
- Scan Red is now Khorne Red
- Scorched Brown is now Rhinox Hide
- Scorpion Green is now Moot Green
- Shadow Grey is now The Fang
- Shining Gold is now Gehanna’s Gold
- Skull White is now White Scar
- Snakebite Leather is now Balor Brown
- Snot Green is now Warpstone Glow
- Space Wolves Grey is now Fenrisian Grey
- Sunburst Yellow is now Flash Gitz Yellow
- Tallarn Flesh is now Cadian Fleshtone
- Tausept Ochre is now Balor Brown
- Thraka Green is now Biel-Tan Green
- Tin Bitz is now Warplock Bronze
- Ultramarines Blue is now Altdorf Guard Blue
- Vermin Brown is now Skrag Brown
- Vomit Brown is now Tau Light Ochre
- Warlock Purple is now Screamer Pink
And if you want a listing of all the new colors and what they previously where, you can find it here:
New Citadel Paint to Old Citadel Paint Alphabetical Listing of Colors
- Abaddon Black previously was Chaos Black
- Administratum Grey previously was Fortress Grey
- Agrax Earthshade previously was Devlan Mud
- Altdorf Guard Blue previously was Ultramarines Blue
- Auric Armour Gold previously was Burnished Gold
- Averland Sunset previously was Lyanden Darksun
- Baeblade Brown previously was Khemri Brown
- Balor Brown previously was Snakebite Leather
- Balor Brown previously was Tausept Ochre
- Biel-Tan Green previously was Thraka Green
- Cadian Fleshtone previously was Tallarn Flesh
- Caledor Sky previously was Enchanted Blue
- Caliban Green previously was Dark Angels Green
- Caliban Green previously was Orkhide Shade
- Carrobug Crimson previously was Baal Red
- Castellan Green previously was Catachan Green
- Celestra Grey previously was Astronomican Grey
- Daemonette Hide previously was Hormagaunt Purple
- Dawnstone previously was Codex Grey
- Deakenhof Nightshade previously was Asurmen Blue
- Deathworld Forest previously was Gretchin Green
- Doombull Brown previously was Dark Flesh
- Druchii Violet previously was Leviathan Purple
- Elysian Green previously was Camo Green
- Evil Sunz Scarlet previously was Blood Red
- Fenrisian Grey previously was Space Wolves Grey
- Flash Gitz Yellow previously was Sunburst Yellow
- Gehanna’s Gold previously was Shining Gold
- Hashut Copper previously was Dwarf Bronze
- Ironbreaker previously was Chainmail
- Jokaero Orange previously was Macharius Solar Orange
- Kantor Blue previously was Necron Abyss
- Kantor Blue previously was Regal Blue
- Karak Stone previously was Kommando Khaki
- Khorne Red previously was Scan Red
- Kislev Flesh previously was Elf Flesh
- Leadbelcher previously was Boltgun Metal
- Loren Forest previously was Knarloc Green
- Lothern Blue previously was Ice Blue
- Macragge Blue previously was Mordian Blue
- Mechanicus Standard Grey previously was Adeptus Battlegrey
- Mephiston Red previously was Mechrite Red
- Moot Green previously was Scorpion Green
- Mournfang Brown previously was Bestial Brown
- Mournfang Brown previously was Calthan Brown
- Nuln Oil previously was Badab Black
- Nurgling Green previously was Rotting Flesh
- Rakarth Flesh previously was Dhenab Stone
- Ratskin Flesh previously was Dwarf Flesh
- Reikland Fleshshade previously was Ogryn Flesh
- Rhinox Hide previously was Scorched Brown
- Runefang Steel previously was Mithril Silver
- Screamer Pink previously was Warlock Purple
- Seraphim Sepia previously was Gryphonne Sepia
- Skrag Brown previously was Vermin Brown
- Sotek Green previously was Hawk Turquoise
- Steel Legion Drab previously was Graveyard Earth
- Strmvermin Fur previously was Charadon Granite
- Tallarn Sand previously was Desert Yellow
- Tau Light Ochre previously was Vomit Brown
- The Fang previously was Fenris Grey
- The Fang previously was Shadow Grey
- Troll Slayer Orange previously was Blazing Orange
- Ushabti Bone previously was Bleached Bone
- Warboss Green previously was Goblin Green
- Warplock Bronze previously was Tin Bitz
- Warpstone Glow previously was Snot Green
- Wazdakka Red previously was Red Gore
- White Scar previously was Skull White
- Xereus Purple previously was Liche Purple
- Yriel Yellow previously was Golden Yellow
- Zamesi Desert previously was Bubonic Brown
Summary
I hope you find these charts useful.
I printed mine out so that I can use them as a “cheat sheet” and I can mark off which ones I already own so that when I go to the store I know not to buy the same paints again just because they have a new name. 🙂
If you enjoyed this post, leave a comment below!
Jason Burns says
Any chance anyone would be willing to help a color blind person out? I want to get into painting starwars miniatures for my children but selecting colors is very much a burden for me. If I could get a conversion for the color chart that made it easier to understand base color ie base color or shade of base color it would be easier for me to associate the correct color and pick the right paint that is at least in the ball park for what i am looking for.
Eric J. says
This guy is amazing. He’s been working through the Imperial Assault line lately. He’ll tell you how to paint them and exactly what colors to use. https://www.youtube.com/user/Sorastro
I can’t imagine the minefield of colorblind painting. I have a hard enough time picking colors as it is.
Best of luck!