Jadlam Paint PickerFind your next colour.
Your favourite brands. Every shade, side by side.
How to choose model paint
The Jadlam Paint Picker puts more than 4,400 model paints from Tamiya, Vallejo, Humbrol, AK Interactive, Mr Hobby, SMS, Ammo by MIG, Citadel, The Army Painter and more side by side. Pick a colour family to see every brand's shades together, search by paint code (XF-1, 70.951, H-7) or name, or choose what you're painting to see the paints modellers buy for that kind of kit.
Acrylic, enamel or lacquer?
Acrylics are water-based, low-odour and dry quickly, and brushes clean up easily. They suit most modellers and most kits. Enamels, such as Humbrol's classic tins, are solvent-based: they dry more slowly, which helps brush strokes level out, and need enamel thinners or white spirit. Lacquers, such as Tamiya LP, Mr Color and SMS, dry very fast to a hard, smooth finish and are the favourite for airbrushing gloss and metallics, but they are strong-smelling: use them with good ventilation and lacquer thinner.
Brush or airbrush?
Most bottled paints can be brushed or airbrushed. Ranges such as Vallejo Model Air and AK 3rd Generation Air come ready thinned for the airbrush; others need thinning with the maker's own thinner. Sprays are ready to use straight from the can.
Matching colours across brands
Colours in the picker are grouped by how they look, so you can compare close shades from different brands. A close shade is not always an official equivalent: for an exact historical colour, check the paint's own name and code against your kit's painting guide.
Questions modellers ask
How do I find a paint by its code?
Type the code into the search box, e.g. XF-1, 70.951 or H-7, with or without the dash. Got a list from your kit instructions? Use Quick add codes beside the search to paste them all at once and add them to your basket.
Can I mix paints from different brands?
Paints of the same type often mix, but it isn't guaranteed: thin and mix with the same brand's products where you can, and don't mix acrylics with enamels or lacquers. You can usually paint one type over another once it has fully cured, with lacquer at the bottom and acrylic or enamel on top.
What's the difference between matt, satin and gloss?
Matt (flat) suits most military vehicles and aircraft camouflage; gloss suits cars and is the best base for decals. Many modellers paint in their preferred finish and then set the final sheen with a varnish.
All paints in the Jadlam Paint Picker (40)
- Citadel 62-02 Chaos Black – Citadel Spray, Matt – £16.19
- Citadel 62-33 Wraithbone – Citadel Spray, Satin – £17.99
- Citadel 23-13 Necron Compound – Citadel Dry, Metallic – £2.85
- Citadel 62-36 White Scar – Citadel Spray, Matt – £17.99
- Citadel 23-29 Dawnstone – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 62-34 Grey Seer – Citadel Spray, Satin – £17.99
- Citadel 23-04 Praxeti White – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-28 Sylvaneth Bark – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-09 Eldar Flesh – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-11 Terminatus Stone – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85 (sold out)
- Citadel 62-15 Mephiston Red – Citadel Spray, Matt – £17.99
- Citadel 23-10 Tyrant Skull – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85 (sold out)
- Citadel 62-26 Mech.Standard Grey – Citadel Spray, Matt – £17.99
- Citadel 23-30 Sigmarite – Citadel Dry, Metallic – £2.75 (sold out)
- Citadel 62-24 Leadbelcher – Citadel Spray, Metallic – £17.99
- Citadel 23-24 Niblet Green – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-12 Longbeard Grey – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 62-32 Death Guard Green – Citadel Spray, Matt – £17.99
- Citadel 62-20 Zandri Dust – Citadel Spray, Matt – £17.99
- Citadel 28-41 Tuskgor Fur – Citadel Air – £4.75
- Citadel 23-06 Skink Blue – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-01 Hexos Palesun – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-03 Lucius Lilac – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-05 Etherium Blue – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-18 Hoeth Blue – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85 (sold out)
- Citadel 23-14 Golden Griffon – Citadel Dry, Metallic – £2.85 (sold out)
- Citadel 62-16 Macragge Blue – Citadel Spray, Matt – £17.99
- Citadel 62-25 Retributor Armour – Citadel Spray, Metallic – £24.59 (sold out)
- Citadel 28-30 Straken Green – Citadel Air – £4.75
- Citadel 28-24 Calgar Blue – Citadel Air – £4.75 (sold out)
- Citadel 23-08 Underhive Ash – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 23-20 Imrik Blue – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
- Citadel 28-76 Castellax Bronze – Citadel Air – £4.75
- Citadel 28-72 Nocturne Green – Citadel Air – £4.75 (sold out)
- Citadel 28-57 Deathshroud Clear – Citadel Air – £4.75
- Citadel 28-38 Deathclaw Brown – Citadel Air – £4.75
- Citadel 28-40 Balor Brown – Citadel Air – £4.75
- Citadel 28-29 Warboss Green – Citadel Air – £4.75 (sold out)
- Citadel 28-35 Tallarn Sand – Citadel Air, Matt – £4.75
- Citadel 23-21 Stormfang – Citadel Dry, Matt – £2.85
Swatches are a screen guide, not an exact colour match. The surface, primer and finish will affect the result.