Bloodletter Equivalents
Citadel Colour · Glaze · Matte
Discontinued — see current equivalents belowDon't have Bloodletter? Get a free step-by-step guide using the paints you own.
Make a free guideLooking for a Bloodletter equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Bloodletter (Citadel Colour) in Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Speedpaint, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Xpress Color, Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Warpaints, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Bloodletter, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Gory RedVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Shade 1Light RustAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseBloodletterCitadel Colour
- Highlight 1Lugganath OrangeCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Doomfire DrabArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
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Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.