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Dry Rust Equivalents

Army Painter Warpaints · Base · Matte · WP1479

Discontinued — see current equivalents below

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Looking for a Dry Rust equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Dry Rust (Army Painter Warpaints) in Citadel Colour, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Reaper MSP, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Diorama FX, 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.

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Shade & highlight partners

Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Dry 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.

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Matches 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.