What is the difference between Dry Rust Brown and Light Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Light Brown is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dry Rust Brown vs Light Brown

Dry Rust Brown

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8d4122 (estimate)

Light Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.929
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #975534 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Dry Rust Brown.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Dry Rust Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Light Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Dry Rust Brown.

Can I use Dry Rust Brown instead of Light Brown?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Dry Rust Brown

Dry Rust Brown vs Dark Flesh Tone (72.044)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Brown
Dry Rust Brown vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Dry Rust Brown vs Orange Brown (70.981)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Satyr BrownTriads: highlights · ΔE 11, fair
Light Brown vs Rust OrangeTriads: shadows · ΔE 16, loose
Light Brown vs Gyzmo FurTriads: shadows · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Dry Rust Brown equivalents · Light Brown equivalents