Vallejo Model Color to Citadel paint conversion chart

The closest Citadel paint to each Vallejo Model Color colour. 107 of 193 have a close match; the rest say so rather than offering a poor one. Going the other way? Citadel to Vallejo Model Color.

Vallejo Model Color	Citadel	Match
Base
Alien Purple	No close match
Basic Skintone	Cadian Fleshtone	CloseΔE 3.9
Beasty Brown	No close match
Beige Brown	Jokaero Orange	CloseΔE 3.6
Black	No close match
Black Green	Dawnstone	CloseΔE 3.5
Black Red	No close match
Bloody Red	No close match
Blue	Skycutters Blue	Near-identicalΔE 1.2
Blue Grey	No close match
Bone White	Screaming Skull	Very closeΔE 2.5
Brass	No close match
Bright Green	No close match
Bright Orange	No close match
Bronze	Balor Brown	Practically identicalΔE 0.8
Bronze Fleshtone	Bestigor Flesh	CloseΔE 3.2
Brown	No close match
Brown Engine Soot (Matt)	Base Mournfang Brown	Near-identicalΔE 1.7
Brown Sand	Morghast Bone	CloseΔE 4.0
Brown Violet	No close match
Buff	Ushabti Bone	CloseΔE 3.4
Burnt Umber	Base Mournfang Brown	Near-identicalΔE 1.8
Carmine Red	Wazdakka Red	Very closeΔE 2.8
Cavalry Brown	Thallax Gold	Very closeΔE 2.5
Chainmail Silver	Administratum Grey	CloseΔE 3.4
Chipping Brown	No close match
Chocolate Brown	No close match
Copper	No close match
Dark Blue	Night Lords Blue	CloseΔE 4.0
Dark Flesh	No close match
Dark Fleshtone	No close match
Dark Green	Waaagh! Flesh	CloseΔE 3.6
Dark Grey	No close match
Dark Grey Green	Mechanicus Standard Grey	CloseΔE 3.2
Dark Prussian Blue	Night Lords Blue	Near-identicalΔE 1.8
Dark Red	Khorne Red	CloseΔE 3.9
Dark Sand	Morghast Bone	CloseΔE 3.7
Dark Sea Blue	No close match
Dark Steel	Leadbelcher	Very closeΔE 3.0
Dark Yellow	Auric Armour Gold	Very closeΔE 2.7
Dead Flesh	Khaki	Near-identicalΔE 1.3
Deck Tan	Ushabti Bone	CloseΔE 3.4
Deep Blue	Lords of Change Blue	CloseΔE 3.6
Deep Green	Hobgrot Hide	Very closeΔE 2.1
Deep Sky Blue	Teclis Blue	Very closeΔE 2.1
Deep Yellow	Flash Gitz Yellow	Very closeΔE 2.4
Desert Yellow	Undgor Flesh	CloseΔE 3.0
Duck Egg Green	No close match
Electric Blue	Caledor Sky	Near-identicalΔE 1.5
Emerald Green	Skarsnik Green	Very closeΔE 2.7
English Uniform	No close match
Fire Orange	Jokaero Orange	Practically identicalΔE 0.9
Flat Blue	Skycutters Blue	Near-identicalΔE 1.3
Flat Brown	No close match
Flat Earth	Painted World	Near-identicalΔE 1.8
Flat Flesh	Highland Flesh	Very closeΔE 2.5
Flat Green	No close match
Flat Orange	Lukas the Trickster	CloseΔE 3.4
Flat Red	Wazdakka Red	CloseΔE 3.0
Flat Yellow	No close match
Fuel Stains (Gloss)	Brass Scorpion	Near-identicalΔE 1.4
German Camo Black Green	Nocturne Green	Near-identicalΔE 1.6
German Camo Bright Green	Straken Green	Near-identicalΔE 1.5
German Camo Ochre	Warplock Bronze	Very closeΔE 2.7
German Camo Orange Ochre	No close match
German Field Grey	No close match
German Grey	No close match
German Orange	Jokaero Orange	Very closeΔE 2.6
Goblin Green	Elysian Green	CloseΔE 3.2
Gold	Retributor Armour	Near-identicalΔE 2.0
Gory Red	No close match
Green	Mortarion Green Clear	Very closeΔE 2.4
Green Blue	No close match
Green Fluorescent	No close match
Grey	Ceramite White	CloseΔE 3.3
Grey Green	No close match
Grey Sand	Khaki	CloseΔE 3.1
Grey Z	Leadbelcher	CloseΔE 3.3
Gunmetal	Warpfiend Grey	Near-identicalΔE 1.6
Gunmetal Grey	No close match
Gunmetal Metal	No close match
Hull Red	Doombull Brown	Near-identicalΔE 1.2
Ice Blue	No close match
Intermediate Green	Mortarion Green Clear	Near-identicalΔE 1.5
Iraqi Sand	Ushabti Bone	Very closeΔE 2.5
Ivory	No close match
Jade Green	No close match
Khaki	No close match
Khaki Grey	No close match
Leather Brown	Skrag Brown	CloseΔE 3.4
Lemon Yellow	Dorn Yellow	Practically identicalΔE 0.3
Light Blue	No close match
Light Brown	Deathclaw Brown	Very closeΔE 2.3
Light Flesh	No close match
Light Green	No close match
Light Grey	Runefang Steel	Practically identicalΔE 0.0
Light Sand	Screaming Skull	Very closeΔE 2.7
Light Sea Grey	No close match
Light Sienna New	Kislev Flesh	Very closeΔE 2.8
Light Steel	Administratum Grey	CloseΔE 3.4
Lime Green	No close match
Luftwaffe Camo Green	Elysian Green	Practically identicalΔE 0.0
Magenta	Evil Sunz Scarlet	CloseΔE 3.6
Magenta Fluorescent	No close match
Magic Blue	Caledor Sky	Near-identicalΔE 1.9
Mahogany Brown	Base Mournfang Brown	Practically identicalΔE 0.3
Medium Blue	Chronus Blue	CloseΔE 3.2
Medium Fleshtone	Cadian Fleshtone	Practically identicalΔE 1.0
Medium Sea Grey	No close match
Natural Steel	Administratum Grey	CloseΔE 3.5
Neutral Grey	Air Caste Thinner	Near-identicalΔE 1.9
Off White	Wraithbone	Near-identicalΔE 1.8
Oil Stains (Gloss)	No close match
Oily Steel	No close match
Old Gold	Ungor Flesh	Near-identicalΔE 1.3
Old Rose	No close match
Old White	Typhon Ash	Very closeΔE 2.6
Olive Green	Deathworld Forest	CloseΔE 3.4
Orange	Cadian Fleshtone	CloseΔE 3.6
Orange Fluorescent	Troll Slayer Orange	Practically identicalΔE 0.7
Oxford Blue	Kantor Blue	Very closeΔE 3.0
Pale Blue	No close match
Pale Flesh	No close match
Pale Gold	Auric Armour Gold	Very closeΔE 2.3
Pale Grey Blue	Bright Silver	CloseΔE 3.8
Pale Sand	Screaming Skull	Very closeΔE 2.0
Panzer Grey	Eshin Grey	Very closeΔE 2.9
Panzer Yellow	No close match
Petrol Spills (Gloss)	No close match
Phantom Grey	No close match
Pink	No close match
Prussian Blue	Kantor Blue	Near-identicalΔE 1.7
Pure Black	Chaos Black	Practically identicalΔE 0.0
Pure White	Ceramite White	Near-identicalΔE 1.5
Purple	No close match
Red	Evil Sunz Scarlet	Very closeΔE 2.3
Red Brown	Base Mournfang Brown	Very closeΔE 2.4
Reflective Green	No close match
Royal Blue	Altdorf Guard Blue	Very closeΔE 2.1
Russian Green 4Bo	No close match
Russian Uniform	No close match
Rust Texture (Matt)	No close match
Salmon Rose	No close match
Sand	Ushabti Bone	Very closeΔE 2.1
Sand Yellow	No close match
Scarlet	Angron Red Clear	Very closeΔE 2.6
Scarlet Red	No close match
Sick Green	No close match
Silver	Administratum Grey	CloseΔE 3.4
Silvergrey	No close match
Sky Blue	Lothern Blue	Very closeΔE 2.7
Sky Grey	Celestra Grey	CloseΔE 3.5
Steel	No close match
Stone Grey	No close match
Sun Yellow	Undgor Flesh	Very closeΔE 2.5
Sunny Skin Tone	Wych Flesh	Very closeΔE 2.6
Sunset Red	No close match
Sz Red	No close match
Tan	Retributor Armour	Very closeΔE 2.2
Titan Blue	No close match
Titan Dark Blue	Eshin Grey	Very closeΔE 2.5
Turquoise	No close match
Uk Bronze Green	Mechanicus Standard Grey	CloseΔE 3.2
Ultra Blue	Chronus Blue	Very closeΔE 2.7
Ultramarine Blue	No close match
Us Khaki	No close match
Us Olive Drab	Skavenblight Dinge	Very closeΔE 2.4
Vermillion	Angron Red Clear	Very closeΔE 2.1
White	White Scar	Practically identicalΔE 0.0
White Grey	Corax White	Near-identicalΔE 1.6
Wolf Grey	No close match
Yellow	No close match
Yellow Fluorescent	Phalanx Yellow	CloseΔE 3.1
Yellow Green	No close match
Yellow Ochre	Gehennas Gold	Very closeΔE 3.0
Shade
Black Wash	No close match
Dark Rust Wash	No close match
Desert Dust Wash	No close match
Light Grey Wash	No close match
Light Rust Wash	No close match
Oiled Earth Wash	No close match
Supplies
Acrylic Gloss Spray Varnish	Ceramite White	Very closeΔE 2.6
Acrylic Matt Spray Varnish	Ceramite White	Very closeΔE 2.6
Acrylic Satin Spray Varnish	Ceramite White	Very closeΔE 2.6
Mecha Gloss Varnish	Ceramite White	Near-identicalΔE 1.5
Mecha Matt Varnish	Ceramite White	Near-identicalΔE 1.5
Mecha Satin Varnish	Ceramite White	Near-identicalΔE 1.5
Metallic
Gunmetal Blue	No close match
Metallic Blue	No close match
Metallic Green	No close match
Metallic Red	No close match
Technical
Light Yellow Ochre New	No close match
Medium Grey	No close match

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