I’ve put together two new colour palettes for you, this time focusing on the colour red. In this post, you’ll find my favourite miniature paints for a warm and cool red, from light to dark.
Here on Tale of Painters and on my YouTube channel, I’m constantly testing out the latest paint ranges. However, only the finest colours from each range earn a spot in my rotation. I like to keep my options open and explore a variety of brands, cherry-picking the best paints and colours from each range.
My best paint picks for warm and cool reds
Like many colours, red can also have different colour temperatures. In this post, I’ve put together two red palettes for you: one with a warm, orange undertone, and one with a slightly cooler, magenta-tinged undertone.
However, instead of using orange or pink for the highlight colour, I’ve chosen a salmon tone to ensure that the final result is still readable as red, rather than as red-orange or reddish-pink.
My warm red palette:
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Cool red from light to dark:
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Comparing colours with my digital swatches
The colour squares shown above are taken from my hand-painted colour swatches, which I have created for many paint ranges such as Citadel, Vallejo Game Color, Warpaints Fanatic, and Two Thin Coats. All of them are professional reproductions, hand-painted on plasticard and photographed under consistent, neutral lighting conditions, making them much more accurate and true to life than the manufacturers’ colour charts.
Additionally, my swatches are compatible with each other, allowing you to compare different paint ranges to find the best matches for tutorials from sources like White Dwarf or the Warhammer YouTube channel, or to convert your old colour schemes to paints from other manufacturers. You can find my swatches on my Patreon, either for a small donation in my shop or by becoming an Autarch tier member.
My paint range top list
And if you want to know what my current favourite paint ranges are, I’ve summarized my current recommendations for you in this post:
I hope my paint picks might be an inspiration for your next Warhammer or scale modelling project. Feel free to react and let me know in the comments about your staples for painting skin, or which colour groups you’d like me to put together next. Until next time, and happy hobbying!
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