Paint Equivalents

Old Rust

Mig · Acrylics · AMIG0042

#452621 · L*19.1 a*14.0 b*9.6

The closest match to Mig Old Rust in every other range, nearest first.

Mig Old Rust is a very dark, muted red. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Bsc Nº49 Light Purple Brown at ΔE 0.9. 10 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be

What is the closest equivalent to Mig Old Rust?

AK Interactive Bsc Nº49 Light Purple Brown is the closest equivalent to Mig Old Rust in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Dark Skin (ΔE 1.2) and The Army Painter Strong Skin Shade (ΔE 1.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mig Old Rust?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Cranberry, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Mig to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mig Old Rust Shop AK Interactive Bsc Nº49 Light Purple Brown Shop AK Interactive Real Colors - WWII set

Old Rust equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Bsc Nº49 Light Purple Brown Real Colors - WWII RC045 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. B Dark Shadow Flesh Figures AK3015 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Mig → AK Interactive conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Dark Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9041 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. C Volcano Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors 9268 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Mig → Reaper conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Strong Skin Shade Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Soft Tone Quickshade Washes Set ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full Mig → The Army Painter conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Wyldwood Contrast ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Catachan Fleshtone Base ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Mig → Citadel conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Dark Wood Mr Paint MRP-262 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Red Brown RAL 8017 Mr Paint MRP-036 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Mig → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Maple Syrup Acrylic Colors 945 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Cinnamon Acrylic Colors 2558 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mig → FolkArt conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Cranberry Arte Deco 85.043 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Charred Brown Game Color 72.045 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Mig → Vallejo conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Burnt Sienna Umber Artist Range ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Black Leather Scale Color Range ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Mig → Scale75 conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Golden

  1. B Violet Oxide Heavy Body 1405 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Violet Oxide OPEN Acrylics 7405 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Mig → Golden conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Light Pink Colors 20535 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Tapestry Wine Colors 20592 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Mig → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Italeri

  1. C Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint 4797AP ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. E Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint 4858AP ΔE 12.0 · far

Full Mig → Italeri conversion chart

Old Rust equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Pelo de Lobisomem TCUP-18 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Noz Moscada TCUP-17 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Mig → Tom Color conversion chart

Old Rust in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
P3 #4B2B1F Sinari Skin Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.8
Liquitex #492318 Transparent Burnt Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.8
Foundry #513230 Musket Stock Brown Paint System ΔE 4.2
Duncan #482124 Amphora Red Wave 3 ΔE 4.6
Kimera Kolors #4B3229 Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 ΔE 4.8
Monument #3E1714 Matt Cexwish Dark Crimson Pro Signature Series ΔE 4.8
Mission Models #45302B Rotbraun RAL 8017 ΔE 4.9
Mr. Hobby #543532 Mud Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.9
Warcolours #4B1C14 Metallic Black Copper Metallic paints ΔE 5.6
Tamiya #4F3733 Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.8
Arteza #3E2E29 Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.7
Creature #2F1C10 Dark Umber Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.8
Green Stuff World #632D2B Goth Skin Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 7.8
Revell #583E41 Leather Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.9
Coat d'Arms #543E31 Chesnut Brown Military Range ΔE 9.4
Humbrol #433323 Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 10.7
Acrilex #47321B Rústico Paints ΔE 11.3
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 19.5

Nearest colours inside Mig

  1. B One Shot Primer - Brown Oxide Primers ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B RAL 8017 Schokobraun Acrylics ΔE 3.5 · very close
  3. C Red Brown Shadow Acrylics ΔE 3.9 · close
  4. C Washable Mud Acrylics ΔE 4.3 · close
  5. C Nato Brown Acrylics ΔE 4.3 · close
  6. D Jet Exhaust Burnt Iron Acrylics ΔE 5.1 · similar

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