What is the difference between Red Brown and Light Rust?

ΔE 8 (close). Light Rust is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Light Rust

Red Brown

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11434
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #713f32 (estimate)

Light Rust

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.129
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #82523f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Rust is a little lighter, warmer than Red Brown.

Can I use Light Rust instead of Red Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Light Rust is a little lighter, warmer than Red Brown.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Light Rust?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Brown is a little darker, cooler.

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 Red Brown on the colour wheel See Light Rust on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Brown

Red Brown vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Rust
Red Brown vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Rust
Red Brown vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Light Rust

Light Rust vs Base Flesh (AK11401)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Brown
Light Rust vs Mahogany Brown (AK11106)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Brown
Light Rust vs Light Leather (AK17060)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Brown

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Light Rust equivalents