Squidmar Color is the result of several years of collaboration between Vallejo and Emil Nyström and Lukas Holmström, the creators of Squidmar Miniatures. The project began with a clear ambition: to develop a range that meets the real needs of miniature painters without requiring them to collect hundreds of different colors.
The range has been created for both newcomers to the hobby and experienced painters looking for intense, reliable colors that are easy to combine. Its design reflects the Squidmar painting approach: strong contrast, intuitive mixing, controlled transitions, and a constant pursuit of saturation, vibrancy, and visual impact.
More than a collection of paints, Squidmar Color works as a complete system. Its colors complement one another and can be used to paint wargaming miniatures, role-playing characters, entire armies, and display pieces with traditional techniques, speed-painting methods, or special effects.
Squidmar Color: 18 ml Bottles
Publisher: Vallejo
Item Code: VAL74201–72
MSRP: $5.99 (each)
Releases October 2026
48 Acrylic Colors — The 48 acrylic paints form the foundation of Squidmar Color. The selection was not created simply to fill out a color wheel, but to offer colors with a clear purpose and predictable mixing relationships. Their intensity and coverage support everything from solid base coats to highlights, shadows, gradients, and glazes. The range makes color selection more intuitive. The shades have been designed to work in harmony, helping painters maintain a coherent color scheme and create clean mixes without losing saturation.
7 Metallic Colors — The seven metallic-effect colors bring Vallejo’s experience in developing metallic paints for miniatures to Squidmar Color. They offer fine particles, good coverage, and a defined finish. They can be used on their own, mixed together, or combined with inks and acrylics to create color variations, shadows, and reflections.
5 Fluorescent Colors — The five fluorescent colors are formulated to bring luminosity and maximum intensity to focal points, magical effects, energy, weapons, markings, and army details. Their use goes beyond direct application: They can also be added to mixes or applied as glazes to increase the vibrancy of other colors.
12 Inks — The 12 inks have been developed around the way Emil and Lukas paint. Their high saturation and even application make it possible to intensify a color, filter a surface, create chromatic shadows, tint metallics, or enrich transitions without concealing the work underneath. They are especially versatile for fast techniques and for advanced painters seeking greater control over a miniature’s color temperature, depth, and intensity.
Color Sets
Mega Set
The Squidmar Color Mega Set brings together all 72 colors in the range and offers the most complete Squidmar Color experience. It combines a broad palette, a variety of finishes, and the tools to explore traditional techniques, speed-painting methods, and special effects.
Alongside the acrylic paints, it includes the complete selection of metallics, fluorescents, and inks. These expand the possibilities for mixing, intensifying colors, adding color filters, and creating effects that call for specialized paints.
Squidmar Color Set: Mega Set (48 acrylics, 7 metallics, 5 fluos, 12 inks + 5 Minis + 1 Brush), 18 ml
Publisher: Vallejo
Item Code: VAL74302
MSRP: $417.99
Releases October 2026
The set includes—
- All 72 Squidmar Color paints in 18 ml (0.6 fl oz) bottles: 48 acrylic paints, 7 metallics, 5 fluorescents, and 12 inks.
- Four miniatures from Squidmar’s Sona fantasy universe, produced in HIPS plastic.
- A fifth exclusive large-format miniature from the Sona universe.
- A high-quality Squidmar synthetic brush.
- Tutorial content accessible via QR code, designed to develop techniques and skills using only the paints in the Mega Set.
The Essentials
The Essentials is the main entry point into Squidmar Color: a selection of 30 colors designed to paint virtually any miniature with a single set. It builds on the experience gained from previous Squidmar and Vallejo selections, while introducing a revised palette and paints developed specifically for the new range.
The colors are easier to mix, more saturated, and capable of creating greater visual impact. The selection can be used for wargaming miniatures, display pieces, and role-playing characters without the need for an extensive collection. It is a compact, carefully balanced palette for painting with confidence, learning new techniques, and completing a wide variety of projects using only the colors in the set.
Squidmar Color Set: The Essentials (30 Paints + 4 Minis), 18 ml
Publisher: Vallejo
Item Code: VAL74303
MSRP: $224.99
Releases October 2026
The set includes—
- 30 Squidmar Color paints in 18 ml (0.6 fl oz) bottles.
- Four miniatures from Squidmar’s Sona fantasy universe, produced in HIPS plastic.
- Tutorial content for painting the included miniatures, accessible via QR code.
Themed Four-Color Sets
The range is completed by eight themed four-color sets. Each offers a compact selection for painting a specific material or skin type, or exploring a particular technique. They also provide an accessible way to discover the new Squidmar Color formulations.
Squidmar Color Set: 18 ml (4) – Elven Skin Set, Dark Skin Set, Fairy Skin Set, Ork Skin Set, Demon Skin Set, Leather Set, Gold NMM Set, or Steel NMM Set
Publisher: Vallejo
Item Code: VAL74304–11
MSRP: $21.99
Releases October 2026
Elven Skin Set — A palette for light, luminous skin. It allows painters to create smooth transitions and strengthen the highlights on the features they want to emphasize. Ideal for elves and other delicate-looking characters. (Old Skull, Sun-Kissed Skin, Steve Flesh, Cult Brown)
Dark Skin Set — Colors for painting dark skin with depth and warm undertones. They help define volumes without losing richness of color, from the deepest shadows to the highlights on the face and body. (Northern Tan, Gut Red, Rich Brown, Blackwood)
Fairy Skin Set — A selection of expressive pink tones for fantasy skin. It offers an alternative to natural skin tones for fairy characters, magical creatures, and distinctive skin details. (Northern Tan, Dunskär Skin, Cursed Skin, Murdered)
Ork Skin Set — A selection of greens for painting vivid, high-contrast skin. They can be used to establish deep shadows, define muscles and facial features, and add bright highlights to orks and other creatures. (Old Skull, Drachonzah Green, Vomitous Green, Mossback Green)
Demon Skin Set — A palette of purples, pinks, and magentas for demonic skin. The colors can be combined to build striking volumes and shift a miniature’s character through warmer or cooler tones. (Tentacle Pink, Hell Pink, Tulip Fever, Infernal Purple)
Leather Set — Colors for painting leather and other organic materials. They help distinguish belts, straps, and pouches through changes in tone, highlights, and shadows. (Final Yellow, Rich Brown, Deep Wood, Blackwood)
Gold NMM Set — A selection for painting gold with the non-metallic metal technique, without metallic paint. It helps build reflections and contrast on armor, weapons, jewelry, and gold ornaments. (Final Yellow, Goldcoin Yellow, Rich Brown, Blackwood)
Steel NMM Set — Colors for painting steel without metallic paint. They allow painters to place defined shadows and reflections on sword blades, armor, and other metal surfaces, creating the illusion of shine through contrast. (Final Yellow, Deep Blue Sea, Ume Grey, Pitch Black)
Floor Display Rack
- 72 colors and 8 Auxiliary Products in 18 ml/0.6 fl oz bottles.
- 64 sets of 4 colors (8 SKUs).
- 6 sets of Squidmar Color: The Essentials and 4 sets of Squidmar Color: Mega Set.
The display brings together the complete range of individual references and the main set formats in one space. Its organization presents Squidmar Color as a complete system, makes each category easy to identify, and allows customers to choose between an individual paint, a themed set, an essential selection, or the full color collection. The upper section consists of four trays, each holding 20 references in 18 ml (0.6 fl oz) bottles. The first 72 positions contain the colors in the range, while the final eight positions on the fourth tray are reserved for the Auxiliary Products.
Squidmar Color Display: Complete Range- 80 colors 18 ml + Assorted Sets & Mega Set (+freight)
Publisher: Vallejo
Item Code: VALEX744 (empty); VALEX744FULL (full)
MSRP: $905.99 (empty); $7,110.99 (full)
Releases October 2026
Immediately below are two rows of hooks. Each row presents four themed four-color sets, displaying all eight options in the range. The display includes eight units of each set, for a total of 64 themed sets. The lower section contains two larger trays. The first holds six Squidmar Color: The Essentials sets and the second holds four Squidmar Color: Mega Sets.
