What is the difference between Medium Rust and Grunge Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Grunge Brown is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Rust vs Grunge Brown

Medium Rust

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Intense
Code: AK11103
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bd4529 (estimate)

Grunge Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.115
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bf5835 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grunge Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Medium Rust.

Can I use Grunge Brown instead of Medium Rust?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Grunge Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Medium Rust.

Can I use Medium Rust instead of Grunge Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Rust is a little darker, more saturated.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Medium Rust on the colour wheel See Grunge Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Rust

Medium Rust vs Clear Orange (70.956)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Grunge Brown
Medium Rust vs Amaranth Red (70.829)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Medium Rust vs Orange Rust (71.130)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Grunge Brown

Grunge Brown vs Vermillion (AK11090)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Rust
Grunge Brown vs Carmine (AK11091)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Rust
Grunge Brown vs Deep Brown (AK11102)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Rust

All matches: Medium Rust equivalents · Grunge Brown equivalents