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== Citadel brand acrylic paints ==

Games Workshop produces a line of acrylic paints for [[Figure painting (hobby)|painting miniatures]], under the Citadel name. At the end of March 2012 the company announced a new range of over 145 colours made in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: The new Citadel Paint Range|url = http://taleofpainters.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-citadel-paint-range.html|website = Tale of Painters|access-date = 12 October 2015}}</ref> The current Citadel paint types are:<ref>{{Cite web|title = Citadel Colour paint types|url = https://citadelcolour.com/#paint-types|website = Citadel Colour|access-date = 1 August 2020}}</ref>
* ''Base'': Pigment dense for high opacity. Intended to offer good coverage over a primer layer for a strong foundation of colour.
* ''Layer'': Thinner and less pigment dense than Base paints for slight translucency. Intended to be built up over multiple layers to create smooth transitions of colour or value.
* ''Shade'': Acrylic ink based "paints" that are thin and flow easily into recessed details. Intended to be applied as a wash to add depth and shadow.
* ''Dry'': Thick, paste-consistency paints with maximum pigment concentration. Intended to aid in dry-brushing to achieve easy highlighting of models.
* ''Air'': A selection of colours from the Base and Layer lines that are thinned down, as well as some "Clear" paints. Intended to be used through an airbrush.
* ''Technical'': A range of non-standard "paints" to achieve additional effects. These include gloss paints for slime or wet blood, semi-transparent glossy paints for gemstone effects, weathering effect paints, spectral effect paints, textured pastes for gaming bases, acrylic mediums, and acrylic varnishes. Intended for adding finishing details to models.
* ''Spray'': Spray-can paints that come in black, white, and a small selection of colours from the Base line. Intended as a primer layer and to add a foundation coat of colour quickly.
* ''Contrast'': Thinned paint and medium mixtures that flow into recesses similar to Shade paints, but also stain the raised details creating a blended fade from highlight to shadow. Intended to be applied over specialised Spray paints to give an effect similar to using a Base, then Layer, then Shade, but in one coat of paint to speed up the painting process.

Contrast paints were added to the Games Workshop paint range in 2019, promoted as speeding up the painting process for players. The existing range of paints was also expanded and reorganised when Contrast was released,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Pre-order Today: Contrast and a Great Deal of Paint|url = https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/06/08/pre-order-today-contrast-and-a-great-deal-of-paint/|website = Warhammer Community|access-date = 1 August 2020}}</ref> and branding changed from ''Citadel'' to ''Citadel Colour''. The previously available Glaze line of paints was discontinued, replaced with the introduction of the Air Clear paints, the previously available Edge line of paints were combined into the Layer line, with some colours also being renamed, and the previously separate Texture line of paints was combined into the Technical line.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Complete List of Contrast, New & Discontinued Citadel Paints|url = https://spikeybits.com/2019/05/complete-list-of-contrast-new-discontinued-citadel-paints.html|website = Spikey Bits| date=30 May 2019 |access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref>