Find paint matches
Search a paint and compare close digital alternatives across brands. Useful when a color is unavailable, discontinued, or missing from your collection.
Open matcherMiniature paint matching, collection tracking, and recipe planning
PaintRoster helps miniature painters compare hobby paints across brands, find similar digital swatches, manage owned paints, build shopping lists, and plan painting recipes.
A practical paint bench companion
Use PaintRoster to move from "what color is this?" to "what can I actually paint with?" without jumping between spreadsheets, notes, videos, and brand catalog pages.
Browse paints
Explore the paint catalog by brand, range, color family, finish, and search terms. Quickly find paints by name, code, or HEX value.
Browse catalog
Track owned paints
Keep a simple inventory of paints you already own, then use it to check recipes, missing colors, and possible alternatives.
Track collection
Plan recipes
Create private painting recipes, publish recipes for other painters, and add missing recipe paints to your shopping list.
Plan recipesCompare miniature paints across brands
PaintRoster is built for painters who mix ranges from Warhammer, Vallejo, Army Painter, AK Interactive, Reaper, Two Thin Coats, Scale75, WarColours, and other hobby paint makers. Search by paint name, brand, range, code, color family, special finish, or HEX value to find useful digital swatch comparisons.
The app also connects paint matching with collection tracking. Mark paints as owned or wanted, build a shopping list for missing colors, and use your own inventory when checking painting recipes.
Public recipes help painters discover project ideas, while My Recipes keeps your own painting notes, steps, photos, and missing paints organized in one private workspace.
What is PaintRoster?
PaintRoster is a miniature paint companion for finding paint matches, tracking owned paints, building shopping lists, planning recipes, and saving Color Helper palettes. It is built for hobby painters who use several paint ranges and want one calm place to compare colors.
Use it as a paint matcher, miniature paint collection tracker, hobby paint shopping list, and miniature painting recipe planner.
Built for real hobby workflows
PaintRoster helps when a recipe uses a paint you do not own, when a color is discontinued, when a brand changes names, or when you want to find a close digital swatch before buying another bottle.
Digital swatches are approximate, but connecting matches, ownership, shopping lists, recipes, and palettes makes the next painting decision easier.
How paint matching works
PaintRoster compares digital swatch colors and practical paint metadata to suggest nearby alternatives. Start from a paint name, code, brand, range, or HEX value, then review close options across supported hobby paint brands.
Matches are a guide for choosing paints, not a promise of identical real-world results. Always test important colors on a model, spare part, or paint mule when exact appearance matters.
Digital swatches are approximate
Screen color, primer, paint opacity, finish, thinning, varnish, lighting, surface texture, and paint age can all change how a color appears on a miniature.
Use PaintRoster to narrow the search, compare likely alternatives, and plan purchases, then rely on real test swatches for final display pieces.
How to track your miniature paint collection
Mark paints as owned so PaintRoster can show what is already on your shelf. Your collection can help you spot usable alternatives before buying another bottle.
Owned paints stay useful across matching, recipes, saved palettes, and missing-paint checks.
How to build a hobby paint shopping list
Add wanted paints from matches, recipes, palettes, or browsing. The shopping list keeps missing colors together so you can plan a store visit or online order more calmly.
When you buy a paint, move it into owned paints so future recipes and comparisons use your updated collection.
How to use recipes and palettes
Save painting recipes with steps, paints, notes, and missing-paint checks. Use Color Helper palettes to plan shadows, highlights, warm shifts, cool shifts, and accents before starting a project.
Public recipes can help with inspiration, while your own recipes and palettes keep project notes organized for later.
Who PaintRoster is for
PaintRoster is built for miniature painters, model builders, tabletop gamers, terrain makers, and hobbyists who mix paints from multiple brands.
It is especially useful when you want Warhammer / Citadel paint alternatives, Vallejo paint matches, Army Painter comparisons, recipe planning, or a simple miniature paint collection tracker.
How it works
- Search or browse a paint by name, brand, range, code, finish, color family, or HEX.
- Compare similar digital swatches across hobby paint brands.
- Mark paints you own so recipes and matches can use your real collection.
- Add missing paints to your shopping list and move bought paints into owned paints.
- Save recipes and Color Helper palettes for later projects.
- Back up data with an account when you want cloud backup and recipe publishing features.
Supported hobby workflows
PaintRoster is aimed at practical bench problems, not just catalog browsing.
Helpful links
Learn more about PaintRoster, contact the project, review privacy and disclaimer information, or request account deletion.
FAQ
Quick answers about PaintRoster, accounts, paint matching, and mobile use.
What is PaintRoster?
PaintRoster is a miniature paint companion for finding similar paints, tracking owned paints, building shopping lists, planning recipes, and saving Color Helper palettes.
Is PaintRoster official?
No. PaintRoster is an independent hobby tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by paint manufacturers or tabletop gaming companies.
Are digital paint matches exact?
No. Digital swatches are approximate. Real results can change with primer, lighting, paint age, thinning, surface, varnish, application, and screen calibration.
Can I compare paints across brands?
Yes. PaintRoster is built to compare hobby paints across supported brands and help you find useful alternatives when a paint is unavailable, discontinued, or missing from your collection.
Can I use PaintRoster without an account?
Yes. You can search, browse, track local owned paints, build shopping lists, and plan local recipes without an account. Sign in is only needed for cloud backup, restore, and publishing features.
What does cloud backup save?
Manual cloud backup can save compact app data such as owned paints, shopping list items, saved palettes, recipes, preferences, and account-linked recipe data. Full-size images are not backed up.
Does PaintRoster work on mobile?
Yes. PaintRoster is a web app designed to work on desktop and mobile browsers, with compact layouts for searching paints, checking recipes, and managing lists at the hobby desk or in a store.