Colour Scheme Designer
Planning a chapter, warband, or regiment? Switch between a Warhammer 40K trooper, an Age of Sigmar hero, and an Old World soldier, try armour and trim colours side by side, and get a paint recipe you can take to the hobby desk, then share it with a link.
Paint recipe
- ArmourMacragge Blueclose
- PauldronsCaliban Greenclose
- Trim & edgesRetributor Goldclose
- HelmetMephiston Redclose
- WeaponAbaddon Blackclose
- Eye lensesEvil Sunz Scarletclose
Names are the closest common hobby paint to each colour: a starting point, not an exact match. The chip shows how close the swatch is.
Quick start: Warhammer 40,000 livery
1. Pick a part to paint
2. Choose a colour for Armour
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Teal
Blue
Purple
Pink
Brown
Bone
Neutral
Metal
Design a Warhammer colour scheme
Every army starts with a colour scheme. This free designer lets you test one before you crack open a single pot of paint, across three worlds. Switch between a Warhammer 40,000 armoured trooper, an Age of Sigmar heroic warrior with cloak, round shield, and warhammer, and an Old World rank-and-file soldier with halberd and heater shield. Choose a dominant armour colour, a colour for the pauldrons, cloak, or tabard, and a metal trim, then tweak the helm, weapon, and accent until the livery feels right.
The paint recipe names the closest common hobby paint to each colour you pick (matched by CIEDE2000 colour distance, with a confidence chip so you can see how close each swatch really is), so you have a shopping list to start from. Save schemes to your browser to compare later, copy the share link to send one to a friend, or download it as an image for your project notes.
The three figures are original, generic miniatures created for this tool (see About § artwork) and recoloured live in your browser. They are not official Games Workshop artwork and carry no insignia or heraldry. Bring your own markings to the model.
Need a name to go with the colours? Try the Space Marine chapter name generator, and use the paint converter to find Vallejo and Army Painter equivalents for your recipe.