Citadel Dry Paints — Complete Colour Guide | Warhammer Colour
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Citadel Dry Paints — Warhammer Colour
Complete colour listing · 12ml · Formulated for drybrushing Warhammer miniatures and basing · Now branded Warhammer Colour
The fastest highlighting technique for textured surfaces
Citadel Dry paints have a thick, paste-like consistency with reduced medium — designed specifically for drybrushing. Load a stiff-bristle drybrush, wipe off nearly all the paint on a tissue until barely any transfers, then lightly drag across raised surfaces to deposit paint only on the highest points. The result is fast, convincing highlighting with no blending required. The 31 colours cover every drybrushing need in the Warhammer hobby: metallics for Necrons and armour, bone and stone tones for basing and ruins, and faction-specific skin and armour highlights.
All Dry paints are 12ml in Citadel's wide-mouth flip-top pot. The thick consistency means the pot lasts considerably longer than a standard Layer pot used for drybrushing. Citadel also produce dedicated Dry brushes — the Small, Medium, and Large Dry Brush are stocked in-store. Click any SKU to check availability.
Format 12ml flip-top pot
Consistency Thick paste (reduced medium)
Technique Drybrush only
Colours listed 31
How to drybrush with Citadel Dry paints
Load a stiff, flat Dry brush with paint, then wipe vigorously on a tissue until the brush leaves almost no visible mark. Run the brush lightly across raised areas of the model — fur, armour edges, rubble, scales, feathers. The paint catches only on the highest surfaces. Repeat with progressively lighter colours for a natural-looking highlight graduation.
For basing, drybrush heavily over textured paste with a large dry brush for instant, realistic ground texture highlighting. Use the Large Dry Brush for bases and terrain, Medium for large models and vehicle panels, Small for tight areas on infantry.
Citadel Dry — Full Colour List
Drybrushing paints for Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar. Faction application and surface use noted for every colour.
| SKU | Colour | Warhammer Application & Use |
|---|---|---|
| White, Bone & Stone | ||
| CIT23-04 | Praxeti White | Near-pure white drybrush. Named for Praxeti — a Tzeentch-aligned daemon character. Extreme edge highlight drybrush for white Space Marine armour (White Scars, Deathwing), Stormcast Eternals cloaks, pale stone and marble terrain, Nighthaunt spectral cloth, and any model needing the brightest possible dry highlight. A must-have for basing — drybrushed over stone and rubble texture it instantly produces a convincing pale rock finish. |
| CIT23-22 | Wrack White | Named for the Wrack — Drukhari torture specialists. Off-white drybrush. Used as a mid-stage white drybrush before Praxeti White, and as a highlight drybrush on pale cream or bone-coloured surfaces — Wraithbone armour, undead bone, Necron constructs, and pale stone ruins. Slightly warmer than Praxeti White — better for warm-toned pale surfaces. |
| CIT23-10 | Tyrant Skull | Pale warm bone. Named for the Tyrant — the fearsome Ogor leader. The standard drybrush for bone, skull, and skeleton surfaces — dragged over undead models (Ossiarch Bonereapers, Deathrattle, Flesh-Eater Courts) after Agrax Earthshade to bring the bone highlight to life. One of the most used Dry paints for basing, terrain stonework, and undead armies. |
| CIT23-11 | Terminatus Stone | Named for the Terminatus — a Space Hulk (derelict spacecraft). Mid warm stone. Versatile drybrush for rough stonework on ruins, dungeon terrain, Necron tomb surfaces, and sandy rock basing. Also used as a first-stage drybrush on undead bone before Tyrant Skull. One of the best terrain drybrush colours in the range. |
| CIT23-08 | Underhive Ash | Named for the underhive — the grimy lower levels of Necromunda hive cities. Pale dusty khaki. The drybrush for Necromunda and underhive terrain, industrial concrete and ash wastes basing, Astra Militarum desert and waste-world basing, and any model or terrain needing a dry, dusty, pale highlight over sand and grey tones. |
| CIT23-12 | Longbeard Grey | Named for the Longbeards — the ancient, grey-bearded veteran Duardin warriors. Warm light grey. Used for Duardin beard and hair drybrushing, stone wall and ruins highlighting, and as a general warm-toned light grey drybrush on any terrain piece, fortification, or rocky basing that benefits from a slightly tan-grey finish rather than a stark cool grey. |
| Yellows & Oranges | ||
| CIT23-01 | Hexos Palesun | Named for Hexos — a Tzeentch magical realm. Pale, bright yellow. Drybrush highlight for Imperial Fists yellow armour, Ork yellow armour panels, Iyanden Aeldari raised armour edges, and OSL warm-light glow effects on bases near fire, lava, or magical yellow light sources. The lightest yellow Dry paint — very vivid when applied over deeper yellow base coats. |
| CIT23-02 | Kindleflame | Warm golden-orange. Named to evoke fire. Used as a drybrush highlight for Fyreslayers (rune-etched skin and orange crests), Salamanders orange flame iconography, lava and fire basing texture highlights, and warm OSL glows near candles and braziers on fantasy and Age of Sigmar terrain. |
| Reds & Pinks | ||
| CIT23-17 | Astorath Red | Named for Astorath the Grim — the Blood Angels High Chaplain. Bright red drybrush. Used for Blood Angels and red Space Marine armour raised edge highlighting, Khorne Bloodbound model red armour drybrushing, red scales on Seraphon jungle creatures, and red terrain features. Particularly effective on the heavily textured surfaces of Khorne daemon models. |
| CIT23-15 | Changeling Pink | Named for the Changeling — the infamous trickster Herald of Tzeentch. Vivid hot pink. The drybrush highlight for Pink Horror and Tzeentch daemon models, Emperor's Children Chaos Space Marine armour edges, Slaanesh Keeper of Secrets raised features, and any pink Chaos model where a vivid drybrushed highlight replaces edge-painting. |
| Purples & Lilac | ||
| CIT23-03 | Lucius Lilac | Named for Lucius the Eternal — the duelling Emperor's Children champion. Pale lavender. The drybrush highlight for Slaanesh daemon models, Daemonettes, Genestealer Cult purple skin, and Daughters of Khaine purple robes. Also used for Nighthaunt spirit glow effects and ethereal purple-toned surfaces in Age of Sigmar undead armies. |
| CIT23-31 | Slaanesh Grey | Named for Slaanesh — Chaos God of Pleasure. Pale lavender-grey drybrush. Used for Slaanesh daemon final highlight drybrushing, pale stone with a supernatural tint, and Nighthaunt ethereal cloth highlights. The Dry version of the Layer paint of the same name — applies the same tone more efficiently over textured surfaces. |
| Blues | ||
| CIT23-06 | Skink Blue | Named for the Skink — the small, agile Seraphon servant warriors. Vivid mid-blue. Drybrush highlight for Seraphon Skink scales, Ultramarine and blue Space Marine armour texture highlighting (particularly on robes and cloaks), and Tzeentch daemon feather highlighting. Also used for ocean and water basing effects. |
| CIT23-05 | Etherium Blue | Pale, bright blue. The drybrush for Nighthaunt ethereal cloth and spirit-form surfaces — applied over dark blue-green for the classic GW ethereal glow effect. Also used for Tzeentch energy effects, ice and frost basing highlight, and pale blue armour and cloaks. The lightest blue Dry paint, and a core colour for any Nighthaunt player. |
| CIT23-18 | Hoeth Blue | Named for the Tower of Hoeth — the great library of the High Elves. Bright sky-blue. Drybrush version of the Layer paint — used for Ultramarines armour texture drybrushing as a fast alternative to edge painting, Thousand Sons blue raised armour drybrushing, and blue water effects on basing. Efficient on heavily detailed power armour where individual edge painting is time-consuming. |
| CIT23-19 | Chronus Blue | Named for Ultramarines vehicle commander Antaro Chronus. Mid-blue. First-stage drybrush on Ultramarines models, mid-highlight on deep blue cloth and cloaks, and Tzeentch daemon body drybrushing for quickly highlighting Blue Horror and disc-rider skin textures. |
| CIT23-20 | Imrik Blue | Named for Imrik — the legendary Dragon Prince of Caledor. Rich cerulean blue. A mid-to-light drybrush for Caledor Aeldari Dragon armour, Thousand Sons armour mid-highlight drybrushing, Idoneth Deepkin wave and armour drybrushing, and any vivid blue armour that needs fast highlighting rather than tedious edge painting. |
| CIT23-21 | Stormfang | Named for the Stormfang — the Space Wolves Stormwolf transport gunship. Light blue-grey. Drybrush highlight for Space Wolves armour, Grey Knights silver-blue armour texture, and cold metal and stone surfaces with a blue-grey cast. Also used for icy terrain and frost basing highlight effects. |
| CIT23-32 | Thunderhawk Blue | Named for the Thunderhawk — the Space Marine heavy gunship. Dark teal-grey drybrush. Used as a first-stage drybrush on dark Aeldari (Dark Reaper) armour and Drukhari armour, Idoneth Deepkin sea-creature skin, and cold ocean-themed basing textures where a dark teal drybrush creates depth before lighter highlighting. |
| Greens | ||
| CIT23-07 | Hellion Green | Named for the Hellion — the skyboard-riding Drukhari raiders. Vivid bright green. The drybrush highlight for Necron Gauss weapon energy coils and reactor nodes, Nurgle slime and toxic pools, Skaven warpstone energy, and any model requiring a bright, almost glowing green OSL drybrush highlight on top of darker green base tones. |
| CIT23-24 | Niblet Green | Mid lime-green. Drybrush highlight for Ork skin texture (across Ironjawz and Orruk models where drybrushing is faster than layering), grass and foliage basing highlights, Nurgling and Nurgle daemon skin, and any medium-bright green surface. An excellent all-purpose green drybrush for batch painting Ork and Orc armies quickly. |
| CIT23-25 | Nurgling Green | Named for the Nurgling — the cheerful little Nurgle daemon. Pale muted olive-green. The primary drybrush for Nurgling models, Death Guard corroded armour raised surfaces, Plaguebearers and Nurgle daemon skin highlight, moss and lichen on terrain, and any putrid or rotting organic surface. One of the most used green Dry paints for Nurgle players. |
| CIT23-28 | Sylvaneth Bark | Named for the Sylvaneth — the tree-spirit faction of Age of Sigmar. Warm mid-brown. The standard drybrush for Sylvaneth bark skin, Treelord branches, and all tree and wood surface highlighting. Also used for Dryad Bark and wooden terrain highlight, weapon haft wood grain, and forest basing dried wood textures. |
| Browns, Skin & Earth | ||
| CIT23-26 | Golgfag Brown | Named for Golgfag Maneater — the legendary Ogor mercenary. Mid warm brown. Drybrush highlight for leather and earth surfaces, Ogor skin raised areas, brown fur, basing mud and soil, and worn wood. A versatile all-purpose brown drybrush for any army that includes earth, fur, or leather textures in the basing or model. |
| CIT23-09 | Eldar Flesh | Named for the Eldar (Aeldari). Mid warm flesh-tan. Drybrush highlight for Aeldari skin, Wraithguard and wraith-construct surfaces, Harlequin model skin, and pale human face drybrushing. Also a fast drybrush technique for batch skin highlighting on infantry where individual layer painting is too slow. Useful for any model with exposed warm skin tones needing a quick highlight. |
| CIT23-27 | Verminlord Hide | Named for the Verminlord — the Greater Daemon of the Skaven Horned Rat. Muted warm grey-tan. The dedicated drybrush for Skaven fur — quickly highlights the textured fur of Clanrats, Stormvermin, Gutter Runners, and any Skaven infantry. Also useful for aged parchment, dusty armour, and earthy basing highlights on grimy and underhive-themed models. |
| Greys & Black | ||
| CIT23-29 | Dawnstone | Mid neutral grey. Drybrush version of the Layer paint — used for stone ruins, concrete terrain, Adeptus Mechanicus armour raised surfaces, dark vehicle hull highlight, and grey basing rocks and rubble. One of the most universally useful grey drybrushed colours for terrain and ruins. |
| CIT23-13 | Necron Compound | Named for the Necron — the undying metal warriors. Light silver-grey. The primary drybrush for the complete Necron army — applied over Leadbelcher and Nuln Oil to quickly highlight the living metal plating of Warriors, Immortals, Destroyers, and vehicles. Produces the iconic Necron metallic sheen with minimal effort. Also excellent for Adeptus Mechanicus bionic component highlighting. |
| CIT23-30 | Sigmarite | Named for Sigmarite — the divine metal blessed by Sigmar. Warm gold-bronze. The drybrush for Stormcast Eternals gold armour and Sigmarite-forged items — quickly highlights the raised knees, pauldrons, and armour ridges of whole Stormcast armies. Also used for Duardin (Dwarf) gold armour trim drybrushing and Chaos gold daemon armour raised surfaces. An essential paint for any Stormcast collection. |
| CIT23-14 | Golden Griffon | Named for the Golden Griffon — a symbol of Imperial and Order factions. Bright gold drybrush. The final-stage gold drybrush over Sigmarite — applied to extreme high points on Stormcast Eternals armour edges, Chaos Warrior gold trim, Space Marine aquila details, and Imperial iconography to produce a gleaming, polished gold finish quickly across an entire army. |
| CIT23-16 | Ryza Rust | Named for Ryza — an Adeptus Mechanicus Forge World known for plasma technology. Vivid orange-rust. The essential rust effect drybrush — applied over Typhus Corrosion Technical paint on rusted metal, it creates convincing iron oxide rust instantly. Used on Chaos vehicles, Ork scrap machinery, Death Guard Plague Marines corroded armour, Imperial Guard weathered equipment, and any terrain featuring corroded or rusted metal surfaces. |
Shopping for Citadel Dry paints at Wheels & Wings
Citadel Dry paints are stocked at our Toronto store and ship across Canada. The Dry range is especially valuable for hobbyists painting large armies or lots of terrain — a single pot of Necron Compound or Dawnstone goes a very long way compared to standard brush paints. Citadel Dry brushes (Small, Medium, Large) are also stocked in-store.
Browse and purchase all Citadel Dry paints in our online store.
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