Calthan Brown Equivalents
Citadel Colour · Base · Matte
Discontinued — see current equivalents belowDon't have Calthan Brown? Get a free step-by-step guide using the paints you own.
Make a free guideLooking for a Calthan Brown equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Calthan Brown (Citadel Colour) in AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Fanatic, Army Painter Colour Primer, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Model Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Army Painter Quickshade, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, 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 Calthan Brown, 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 2Dark Prussian BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseCalthan BrownCitadel Colour
- Highlight 1EarthVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Dusty SkullArmy 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.