When you have to do something as important as match-

ing colors for the D&D universe, you cannot take the task
lightly, as each color represent a specific and important
race with a long history and background. The colors you
design will have to match every aspect of this, essentially
bringing the creature to life on your gaming table.

The Army Painter design team The Warpaints range have

& GF9 Studio, along with Wiz-
ards of the Coast, first took a
look at color flexibility in the
set. This means the total pal-
ette once all colors are done.
When the starting range for
Dungeons &
Dragons are
46 colors,
you must be
very picky
that you
do not end
up with 15
green variants for the most
popular monsters – the rea-
son being that the entire se-
lection really should cover
most painting needs for any
humanoid, monster or char-
acter – and so it needs to be
both versatile and fulfilling
(read: flexible).
124 different colors, so we
had a great base to start with,
but even our range do not
cover every aspect of the gi-
ant D&D universe. After hav-
ing matched the key colors
(Adven-
turer set)
we iden-
tified the
most iconic
monsters
& villains
that would
need a match too (Monsters
set). We ended up using some
of our Warpaints range, but
there were some, like the
Grung Green and Goblin Skin
for instance (among others),
that needed a specialized for-
mula based on the vast NCS
color index.

It was an exciting process with lots of sparring back and

forth between the studios - and we are very proud of the
range of colors – they will be a fantastic foundation for
all D&D players wishing to delve into the fun and enter-
taining hobby of painting.
 Color Comparison Chart WP1449

Abyssal Rosy Kraken

Black Matt Skin Elven Blue Ultramarine
Black Flesh Blue
WP1101 WP1421 WP1115

Lawful Cambion Merfolk

White Matt Crimson Dragon Turquoise Royal
White Red Cloak
WP1102 WP1449
WP1105

Dragonfire Kobold Underdark

Red Pure Red Chaotic Indigo Griffon
Red Red Blue
WP1429
WP1104 WP1142

Angelic Owlbear Frost

WP1106

Yellow Daemonic Brown Blue Crystal

Dirt
Yellow Blue
WP1107
Spatter WP1114
WP1416

Ghostly
Flumph Minotaur Blue Voidshield
Pink Barbarian Hide Fur Blue
Flesh Brown WP1452
WP1126 WP1122

Ethereal
Treant Rust Blue Wolf
Green Goblin Monster Lava Grey
Green Orange WP1119
WP1109 WP1106

Gelatinous
Firenewt Blue Gorgon
Brush-On Orange Phoenix Hide
Primer Flames
WP1428
WP1472 WP1446

Dwarven
Bronze Weapon
Bugbear Pixiedust Bronze
Brown Leather Pink Pixie WP1133
Brown Pink
WP1123 WP1447

Ki-Rin
Troll Gold Bright
Ruddy
Skin Tanned Skin Angel Gold
WP1144
Flesh Green
WP1127 WP1112

Flesh
Wash Flesh
Beholder
Purple Oozing Feywild Wash
Purple Emerald Greenskin
WP1143

WP1445 WP1111

Shadow
Wash Dark
Purple Green Tone
WP1136
Worm Flame Jungle
unique Green
WP1433

Brown
Wash Strong
Goblin Grung Tone
WP1135
Skin Green
unique unique
Glistening
Blood Glistening
Zombie Blood
Otyugh Flesh Necrotic WP1476
Brown Flesh
unique WP1108

Mithral
Silver Plate Mail
Metal
Fair Dungeon WP1130
Skin Stone Dungeon
Corpse Grey
Pale WP1418
WP1411
Silver
Dragon Shining
Silver
Skeleton Lich WP1129

Bone Skeleton Skin Castle

Bone Grey
WP1125 WP1407

Orc
Skin Ash
Grey
WP1117