The Flexible Triad: Ochres & Tans brings arid landscapes and dry wasteland to life. These colours capture the nuances of dunes, rocky outcrops, and scorched vegetation of desert expanses, dry riverbeds, and barren wastelands. You can also use them to create weathering effects such as sun-fading on vehicles and dust accumulation on armour. This triad is a must-have when painting Non-Metallic Metal gold.

The Ochres & Tans 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: Ochres & Tans consists of:

• Warpaints Fanatic: Tundra Taupe
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Tundra Taupe is a deep olive brown that is a fitting base colour for ochres and tans. It’s the darkest tone from the “Ochres & Tans” Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Deep Olive Brown”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Prairie Ochre
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Prairie Ochre is a dark yellowish brown that is versatile as a base tone or layer. It’s the second-darkest tone from the “Ochres & Tans” Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Dark Yellowish Brown”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Desert Yellow
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Desert Yellow is a strong yellowish brown that is a match to the Warpaint Air and Colour Primer of the same name. It’s one of the two middle tones from the “Ochres & Tans” Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Strong Yellowish Brown”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Wasteland Clay
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Wasteland Clay is a yellowish brown that is a suitable mid-tone for ochre and tan. It’s one of the two middle tones from the “Ochres & Tans” Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Yellowish Brown”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Burnt Turf
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Burnt Turf is a light yellowish brown that lends itself well as a layer or highlight for ochre and tan. It’s the second-lightest tone from the “Ochres & Tans” Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Light Yellowish Brown”.
• Warpaints Fanatic: Barren Dune
  • The Warpaints Fanatic: Barren Dune is a very light yellowish brown that is the perfect highlight for ochre and tan. It’s the lightest tone from the “Ochres & Tans” Flexible Colour Triad and its Practical Colour Name is “Very Light Yellowish Brown”.

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.