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Make a free guideLooking for a Dark Rust equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Rust (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) in Army Painter Fanatic, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Game Color, Citadel Colour, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Model Wash, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Metal Color, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
Closest match in each brand
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Dark Rust, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Dark Prussian BlueAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- Shade 1Evil RedVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- BaseDark RustAK Interactive 3rd Gen
- Highlight 1Brown WashReaper MSPGreat match
- Highlight 2Paratrooper TanArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
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Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.