What is the difference between Medium Rust and Orange Rust?

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

Medium Rust vs Orange Rust

Medium Rust

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

Orange Rust

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.130
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c35b32 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Orange Rust is a little lighter, more muted than Medium Rust.

Can I use Orange Rust instead of Medium Rust?

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

Can I use Medium Rust instead of Orange Rust?

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 Orange Rust 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 Orange Rust
Medium Rust vs Grunge Brown (72.115)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Orange Rust
Medium Rust vs Amaranth Red (70.829)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Orange Rust

Other AK Interactive paints close to Orange Rust

Orange Rust vs Warm Orange (AK17009)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Rust
Orange Rust vs Amaranth Red (AK11086)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Rust
Orange Rust vs Vermillion (AK11090)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Rust

All matches: Medium Rust equivalents · Orange Rust equivalents