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Reaper to Warhammer Colour Paint Converter
Reaper's Master Series is much larger than the Warhammer Colour range, so this conversion narrows rather than expands: several Reaper colours will point at the same Warhammer Colour pot. The distance score shows which of them are genuinely close.
Our Reaper to Warhammer Colour converter maps every Reaper paint to its closest Warhammer Colour equivalent. The Warhammer Colour side covers the Base and Layer ranges under Games Workshop's current naming. Reaper's Master Series spans the Core Colors, Bones and HD sub-ranges — an unusually deep catalogue organised around matched painting triads. Rather than guessing from colour families, the tool measures the distance between hex values and sorts the results so the closest available option always comes first.
All 712 Reaper paints in our database are measured against 128 Warhammer Colour colours. 127 land within a very close match (a colour distance of 12 or less) and 62 sit beyond 40, which are the ones worth testing on a palette before you commit. The median distance across the range is 21.7.
Example Reaper to Warhammer Colour Conversions
| Reaper Paint | Warhammer Colour Equivalent |
|---|---|
Ace of Spades | Abaddon Black |
Rosy Highlight | Wraithbone |
Uniform Brown | XV-88 |
Forest Green | Waaagh! Flesh |
Elfroad | Ulthuan Grey |
The full comparison chart lets you filter by paint name, browse all Reaper paints, and see the four closest Warhammer Colour matches for each — sorted by colour accuracy. Colour distance is calculated using RGB Euclidean distance across our database of a hoard paints from many brands.
Frequently asked questions
What is the closest Warhammer Colour equivalent to a Reaper paint?
Our converter measures the hex value of every Reaper paint against the full Warhammer Colour range and returns the four nearest options, ranked by colour distance. Of the 712 Reaper paints in our database, 127 have a Warhammer Colour match within a colour distance of 12.
Are Reaper and Warhammer Colour paints compatible on the same miniature?
Yes. Both are water-based acrylics and can be layered over one another without any special preparation. Mixing brands on a single model is common practice; the main thing to watch is finish, since ranges vary in how matt they dry.
Why doesn’t every Reaper paint have an exact Warhammer Colour match?
The two ranges were developed independently, so exact matches are the exception rather than the rule. 62 of the 712 Reaper paints here sit more than 40 colour-distance units from their nearest Warhammer Colour option, which is why every result shows its score and hex swatch so you can judge the compromise yourself.
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