What is the difference between Dark Prussian Blue and Dark Rust?

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

Dark Prussian Blue vs Dark Rust

Dark Prussian Blue

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #352a34 (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 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Rust is a little darker, warmer than Dark Prussian Blue.

Can I use Dark Rust instead of Dark Prussian Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Dark Rust is a little darker, warmer than Dark Prussian Blue.

Can I use Dark Prussian Blue instead of Dark Rust?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Prussian Blue is a little lighter, 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 Dark Prussian Blue on the colour wheel See Dark Rust on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Prussian Blue

Dark Prussian Blue vs Black Violet (70.751)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Rust
Dark Prussian Blue vs Cam. Black Brown (70.822)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Rust
Dark Prussian Blue vs Dark Grey (70.994)Model Color · ΔE 6, 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 Prussian Blue
Dark Rust vs Dark Brown Ochre (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close
Dark Rust vs Art Black (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Dark Prussian Blue equivalents · Dark Rust equivalents