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Warhammer Colour to Reaper Paint Converter
Reaper's Master Series offers a far larger catalogue than the Warhammer Colour Base and Layer ranges, organised into triads for shading and highlighting. Converting across is a good way to extend a Games Workshop palette without stepping outside a colour family.
Our Warhammer Colour to Reaper converter maps every Warhammer Colour paint to its closest Reaper equivalent. Reaper's Master Series spans the Core Colors, Bones and HD sub-ranges — an unusually deep catalogue organised around matched painting triads. The Warhammer Colour side covers the Base and Layer ranges under Games Workshop's current naming. The converter compares hex values directly, so results reflect measured colour rather than marketing names, and the four nearest options are always shown.
Measured across the full catalogue, 128 Warhammer Colour paints are compared with 712 Reaper colours. 68 resolve to a very close match (distance 12 or lower) and none fall past 40, so there are no genuine gaps. The median sits at 11.6, which gives a sense of how well the two ranges line up overall.
Example Warhammer Colour to Reaper Conversions
| Warhammer Colour Paint | Reaper Equivalent |
|---|---|
Abaddon Black | Solid Black |
XV-88 | Golden Brown |
Deathworld Forest | Gutter Grime |
Celestra Grey | Snow Shadow |
Macragge Blue | Ultramarine Blue |
The full comparison chart lets you filter by paint name, browse all Warhammer Colour paints, and see the four closest Reaper 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 Reaper equivalent to a Warhammer Colour paint?
Our converter measures the hex value of every Warhammer Colour paint against the full Reaper range and returns the four nearest options, ranked by colour distance. Of the 128 Warhammer Colour paints in our database, 68 have a Reaper match within a colour distance of 12.
Are Warhammer Colour and Reaper 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 Warhammer Colour paint have an exact Reaper match?
Every one of the 128 Warhammer Colour paints here has a Reaper option within 40 colour-distance units, so you can expect a usable substitute right across the range. Exact matches are still the exception — the two ranges were developed independently — so check the score and hex swatch on each row to see how close a given pair really is.
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