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Two Thin Coats to Citadel Paint Converter
Two Thin Coats is Duncan Rhodes' own paint range, built with Trans Atlantis Games as a companion to the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy tutorials — most of which were filmed with Citadel paints for years before the range existed. That shared ancestry means the conversion the other way is unusually direct: Trans Atlantis Games publishes its own Citadel equivalents for most Two Thin Coats colours, and this chart uses those official matches wherever one exists.
Our Two Thin Coats to Citadel converter maps every shadow, midtone and highlight (S/M/H) paint across all three Two Thin Coats waves to its closest Citadel equivalent, drawing first on Trans Atlantis Games' published conversions and falling back to measured RGB colour distance for the rest. Two Thin Coats organises its 123 core colours into triads on a colour wheel rather than the Base/Layer split Citadel uses, so this tool is the fastest way to follow a Duncan Rhodes tutorial using paints you already own.
All 123 Two Thin Coats paints in our database are measured against 132 Citadel colours. 5 land within a very close match (a colour distance of 12 or less) and 60 sit beyond 40, which are the ones worth testing on a palette before you commit. The median distance across the range is 39.8.
Example Two Thin Coats to Citadel Conversions
| Two Thin Coats Paint | Citadel Equivalent |
|---|---|
Boar Hide | Doombull Brown |
Elven Skin | Kislev Flesh |
Kobold Grey | Krieg Khaki |
Mythic Turquoise | Temple Guard Blue |
Witching Hour Blue | Caledor Sky |
The full comparison chart lets you filter by paint name, browse all Two Thin Coats paints, and see the four closest Citadel 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 Citadel equivalent to a Two Thin Coats paint?
Our converter measures the hex value of every Two Thin Coats paint against the full Citadel range and returns the four nearest options, ranked by colour distance. Of the 123 Two Thin Coats paints in our database, 5 have a Citadel match within a colour distance of 12.
Are Two Thin Coats and Citadel 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 Two Thin Coats paint have an exact Citadel match?
The two ranges were developed independently, so exact matches are the exception rather than the rule. 60 of the 123 Two Thin Coats paints here sit more than 40 colour-distance units from their nearest Citadel option, which is why every result shows its score and hex swatch so you can judge the compromise yourself.
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