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Make a free guideLooking for a Dark Rust equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dark Rust (Army Painter Fanatic) in Reaper MSP, Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Model Wash, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Diorama FX, Army Painter Warpaints, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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 1Dark ShadowReaper MSPGreat match
- BaseDark RustArmy Painter Fanatic
- Highlight 1Rhinox HideCitadel ColourGreat match
- Highlight 2Dark Elf SkinReaper MSPGreat 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.