What is the difference between Light Rust and Plague Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Plague Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Rust vs Plague Brown

Light Rust

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Dio Drybrush
Code: A.MIG-0610
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f7be25 (estimate)

Plague Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.039
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e0ab24 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Brown is a little darker, more muted than Light Rust.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Light Rust?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Plague Brown is a little darker, more muted than Light Rust.

Can I use Light Rust instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Rust is a little lighter, 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 Light Rust on the colour wheel See Plague Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Rust

Light Rust vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Plague Brown
Light Rust vs Deep Yellow (70.915)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Plague Brown
Light Rust vs Light Yellow (70.949)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Pure Yellow (AMMO.F-529)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Rust
Plague Brown vs Sandgelb RLM 79 (ATOM-20024)ATOM · ΔE 10, close
Plague Brown vs Lemon Yellow (ATOM-20017)ATOM · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Light Rust equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents