Citadel Contrast Paints are innovative acrylic paints designed to apply both shading and highlighting in a single coat. Their fluid, highly pigmented formula flows into recesses to create natural shadows while leaving raised areas brighter, giving the miniature instant depth and definition. Contrast Paints are ideal for fast, high-quality results, making them especially useful for painting large armies or achieving smooth colour transitions with minimal effort.

These paints are intended to be applied over a light primer or dedicated Contrast undercoat, which helps the paint behave correctly and produce vibrant, clean results. Because Contrast Paints function like a combined basecoat and wash, they greatly speed up the painting process while still providing rich, dynamic colour. They work perfectly on plastic, resin and metal Warhammer miniatures, including all Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar models. 

Contrast Paints integrate seamlessly with the full Citadel paint system, allowing you to layer, highlight or shade further once the Contrast layer is dry. Whether used alone for quick tabletop-quality models or as a foundation for more advanced techniques, these paints offer versatility, efficiency and impressive visual impact.