What is the difference between Medium Rust and Sunny Skin Tone?

ΔE 8 (close). Sunny Skin Tone is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Rust vs Sunny Skin Tone

Medium Rust

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Dio Drybrush
Code: A.MIG-0611
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eb9846 (estimate)

Sunny Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.845
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eb893b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sunny Skin Tone is a little darker, more saturated than Medium Rust.

Can I use Sunny Skin Tone instead of Medium Rust?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Sunny Skin Tone is a little darker, more saturated than Medium Rust.

Can I use Medium Rust instead of Sunny Skin Tone?

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

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 Sunny Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Rust

Medium Rust vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Sunny Skin Tone
Medium Rust vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Medium Rust vs Flat Flesh (70.955)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Sunny Skin Tone

Sunny Skin Tone vs Golden Sand (IONIC-0150)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Rust
Sunny Skin Tone vs Bright Orange (ATOM-20026)ATOM · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Rust
Sunny Skin Tone vs Flame Orange (IONIC-0045)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Medium Rust equivalents · Sunny Skin Tone equivalents