Whether you’re painting a grim, shadow-laden warrior or aiming for a monochrome theme, the Flexible Triad: Black & Greys is a must-have in any painter’s toolkit. It’s a versatile range perfect for striking contrasts and building depth through shadows and highlights. As the colours are neutral, you can mix them into other colours to make them darker or lighter.

The Black & Greys Triad is suitable for projects across all genres of miniature painting, from historical and military figures to fantasy creatures and sci-fi models.

The Flexible Triad: Black & Greys consists of:

• Warpaints Fanatic: Matt Black
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Matt Black is a true black base tone and must-have colour for any hobbyist. It's the darkest tone from the "Black & Greys" Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is "Black".
• Warpaints Fanatic: Deep Grey
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Deep Grey is a very dark grey that is versatile as a base colour or highlight for black. It's the second-darkest tone from the "Black & Greys" Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is "Very Dark Grey".
• Warpaints Fanatic: Uniform Grey
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Uniform Grey is a dark grey paint that matches the Warpaint Air and Colour Primer of the same name. It’s one of the two middle tones from the "Black & Greys" Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Dark Grey”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Ash Grey
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Ash Grey is a neutral grey paint that matches the Colour Primer of the same name. It’s one of the two middle tones from the "Black & Greys" Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Grey”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Company Grey
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Company Grey is a light grey that works well as a light base tone or a highlight colour. It’s the second-lightest tone from the "Black & Greys" Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Light Grey”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Brigade Grey
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Brigade Grey is a very light grey paint that is a natural highlight colour for darker greys. It’s the lightest tone from the "Black & Greys" Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Very Light Grey”.

The Flexible Colour Triad System is a segment, or family, of six colours that range from dark to light with a consistent hue. This system allows you to easily select paints that create a natural colour progression on your miniatures. This is an easy way to create a colour scheme for your miniature when army painting because you always have 27 Flexible Triads to choose from instead of mixing colours.

The system builds upon the traditional triad system by introducing more versatility and adaptability in colour selection, expanding the conventional three colours to six. This gives you almost endless possibilities for putting colours together within the triad.

When using a triad system, you usually select 3 colours (a base, a shade, and a highlight), depending on the level of contrast you want on your miniature. For instance, for minimal contrast, opt for 3 adjacent colours to achieve a smooth colour transition. For maximum contrast, use the lightest, middle, and darkest colour available in the flexible triad.