Citadel
Games Workshop's official hobby paint range, designed for Warhammer miniatures.
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Citadel on PaintAtlas
Citadel currently has 367 indexed paints on PaintAtlas, which makes this page the best entry point for understanding how the range is shaped before you start comparing individual bottles. If you already paint within this line, the brand hub gives you a stable place to move from broad range research into specific paint profiles.
Games Workshop's official hobby paint range, designed for Warhammer miniatures. Within the indexed catalog, the dominant color families for Citadel are Orange, Red, Blue, and Cyan, which gives a practical view of where the range is deepest and most likely to surface useful alternatives or companion colors.
From a workflow perspective, Citadel is most visible in categories such as acrylic, layer, air, and base. That helps you judge whether the material is better treated as a broad general-purpose system, a specialist effects range, or a set of entries you mostly visit for a few standout categories rather than full-palette coverage.
Use this page as a manufacturer-level hub. Open the featured paints below when you want named examples, jump to global color-family pages when you want to see how Citadel competes in one hue family, and move into the compare tool once you have a shortlist that needs direct substitute testing.
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Adeptus Battlegrey by Citadel
Citadel example profile: Adeptus Battlegrey from Citadel.
Administratum Grey by Citadel
Citadel example profile: Administratum Grey from Citadel.
Abaddon Black by Citadel
Citadel example profile: Abaddon Black from Citadel.
'Ardcoat by Citadel
Citadel example profile: 'Ardcoat from Citadel.
Common Questions
What does the Citadel page help me evaluate?
The Citadel page helps you evaluate range depth, dominant color families, common categories, and which specific entries are most useful to open next.
How many Citadel paints are indexed on PaintAtlas?
367 Citadel paints are currently indexed on PaintAtlas.
What is Citadel strongest for in the catalog?
Citadel is currently strongest where its indexed catalog clusters are deepest, especially across Orange, Red, Blue, and Cyan and categories such as acrylic, layer, air, and base.
How should I compare Citadel against other brands?
Use this page to understand overall shape first, then move into shared color-family pages and individual detail pages before using the compare tool for any final side-by-side decision.