Fresh Rust is genuinely hard to match: no other brand has a same-finish equivalent close enough to swap, and the nearest color anywhere, Citadel Auric Armour Gold at 83 percent, is a different finish. Color-wise this is a vivid, mid-tone brown leaning warm. For modelling, drop to True Blood in the recesses and step up to Glowing Inferno on the edges, both The Army Painter paints. If you need this exact color, buy the pot, since no other line reproduces it in the same finish.
Fresh Rust equivalents in other ranges
This is one of the colors that keeps The Army Painter pots in painters' cases. Across the mapped brands, nothing qualifies as a real equivalent.
The drift here is spread thinly across hue, lightness and saturation rather than leaning one way, so the mismatch reads as a general haze at delta E 3.4 rather than an obvious shift.
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90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Citadel
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Found in 0 other brands with a same-finish match.
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Fresh Rust?
No same-finish equivalent is close enough to call a straight swap. The nearest color overall is Citadel Auric Armour Gold at 83%, in a different finish class.
What color is Fresh Rust?
Fresh Rust is a mid-tone vivid brown with a warm undertone (hex #B05020).
What do I highlight and shade Fresh Rust with?
Highlight Fresh Rust toward Glowing Inferno and shade it down into True Blood, both The Army Painter paints in the same finish family.