Colour Match Comparison
Paint referance tool for miniature painters
Paint Buddy matches, organises colour you own — across every brand you paint with.
Every tool, unlocked.
3 days free trial
Try the full toolkit on your own paint shelf, then keep whichever tools your painting actually uses
- My PalettesBuild and manage paint recipes
- Recolour ModelPreview your paints on your own miniature
- Paint MatcherScan a label for instant cross-brand matches
- Colour WheelExplore and match complementary colours
- Paint Age TrackerTrack how long your paints have been open
- Compare PaintsSide-by-side cross-brand comparison
Five tools. One paint shelf.
Every feature reads your actual collection — nothing here is a guess.
Colour Wheel
Explore colour harmony instantly.
Paint Matcher
Find the closest matches across all major brands.
Paint Recipes
Build and organise complete painting guides.
My Palettes
Create and share your perfect colour palettes.
Paint Age Tracker
Know when your paints were last opened.
Colour Wheel
Tap any hue and Paint Buddy surfaces the combinations painters actually reach for.
- Complementary, triadic & split-complementary
- Analogous suggestions for shading
- Instant paint-name suggestions per hue
Paint Matcher
Search any color and compare it against thousands of paints, ranked by closeness.
- Compare thousands of paints at once
- Cross-brand substitutions
- Find replacements before you run dry
Paint Recipes
Document your exact layering order once, with photos and notes.
- Step-by-step layer guides
- Attach photos & notes per step
- Organize by army or project
My Palettes
Group paints into unlimited palettes and keep every project's colors together.
- Unlimited palettes
- Share with friends
- Perfect for commissions
Paint Age Tracker
Paint Buddy tracks how long a pot's been open and nudges you before it dries out.
- Track paint age automatically
- Drying reminders
- Never lose a pot again
The Army Painter
Green Stuff World
IONIC SMARTCOLORS
See Paint Buddy in action
Colour Wheel
Tap any hue and Paint Buddy surfaces the combinations painters actually reach for — built for painters, not designers.
Paint Matcher
Search any color and compare it against thousands of paints, ranked by closeness.
Paint Recipes
Document your exact layering order once, with photos and notes, and reuse it on every model in the unit.
My Palettes
Keep every army's colors grouped, shareable, and a tap away.
Paint Age Tracker
A quiet nudge before a pot dries out.
Built for miniature painters
Whether it's Warhammer, D&D, scale models, or busts — Colour, recipe, and collection lives in one place.
- No more spreadsheets
- No more guessing
- No more duplicate paints
What painters are saying
"Paint Buddy changed the way I plan and paint my armies."
Coming soon
- AI paint recognition
- Miniature recolour preview
- Paint inventory
- Community recipes
- Cloud backup & sync
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