What is the difference between Dark Brown Ochre and Dark Rust?

ΔE 9 (close). Dark Rust is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Brown Ochre vs Dark Rust

Dark Brown Ochre

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3e3136 (estimate)

Dark Rust

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.771
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #301e22 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Rust is a little darker than Dark Brown Ochre.

Can I use Dark Rust instead of Dark Brown Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Dark Rust is a little darker than Dark Brown Ochre.

Can I use Dark Brown Ochre instead of Dark Rust?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Brown Ochre is a little lighter.

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 Dark Brown Ochre on the colour wheel See Dark Rust on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Brown Ochre

Dark Brown Ochre vs Cam. Black Brown (70.822)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Rust
Dark Brown Ochre vs Armour Brown (71.041)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Rust
Dark Brown Ochre vs Hull Red (71.039)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Rust

Other Scale75 paints close to Dark Rust

Dark Rust vs Black Leather (SC32)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dark Brown Ochre
Dark Rust vs Dark Prussian Blue (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dark Brown Ochre
Dark Rust vs Art Black (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Dark Brown Ochre equivalents · Dark Rust equivalents