Useful tools for painting

[Raffles]

Hi all,

I've just stumbled across this and thought I'd share it with the forum in case it might be of use.

Hex Color Codes, Paint Matching and Color Picker

Hex color codes, HTML colors, paint matching, directory and color space conversions.

encycolorpedia.com

This website allows you to search for any paint by name and it will give you the mix plus the hex code, it includes GW and citadel paints. As example, Flash Gitz Yellow - https://encycolorpedia.com/search?q=Flash+gitz

Games Workshop - Citadel Flash Gitz Yellow / Hexos Palesun / Dorn Yellow / #fff200 Hex Color Code

Color schemes, paints, palettes, combinations, gradients and color space conversions for the #fff200 hex color code.

encycolorpedia.com

This also means you can download a paint colour app on your phone, take a pic of a model and search the colours on that site.

B&Q will apparently make any colour, I wonder if their paint would work on minis or if model paints have a higher pigmentation?

Hopefully this may be useful if people aren't aware of it.

 

[ManicMan]

I've seen some of them colour matchers but.. with paint, they can be very hit and miss.. I've seen it try to say two colours are very close when they really aren't. Nothing against colour blind people, i've seen some very good painters who are colour blind, but I wish they didn't program paint matchers.

I'm not sure how well B&Q will mix stuff.. might partly depend on their own training but you can get some acrylics which should be okay. problem with taking a photo is lighting.. depending on how close you want the colour, it'll never come out right ^_^

 

[EricF]

You might also find this old post interesting https://forum.oldhammer.org/threads/conversion-table-interest.24017/

I don't think you'll have much luck painting minis with big tins (although the first rule of the Internet is that someone has done it), but I know people that have had colours matched for painting terrain up so that it's broadly the same.