Mud Rut sits in the brown family: dark in tone, moderate in saturation, warm in cast. Within the P3 Paints range it ladders cleanly, Bane Grey for the shadows and Bastion Grey for the highlights. This color is somewhat distinctive: 2 brands offer a strong same-finish match, Vallejo Leather Brown closest at 96 percent. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Mud Rut equivalents in other ranges
This is one of the easy ones. A same finish twin exists, and 2 brands in the catalog land close enough to consider.
Closest Vallejo equivalent: Vallejo Leather Brown, the same color for practical purposes (delta E 0.7).
- Best Monument Pro Acryl option: Monument Pro Acryl Caramel Brown, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.6).
- From The Army Painter: The Army Painter Tree Ancient, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.7).
- Revell's closest color: Revell Leather brown / Lederbraun (RAL 8027), workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.7).
- Nearest in the AK Interactive catalog: AK Interactive Leather Brown, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.0).
- Best Humbrol option: Humbrol Brown, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.9).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 0.7 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Vallejo
Monument Pro Acryl
The Army Painter
Revell
AK Interactive
Leather Brown
S.C.C. No.2 Brown
Dark Brown
Wwi British Khaki Brown Base
Ral 7017 Dunkelbraun
Nato Brown
Dot44 Brown Base
Grey-Brown
Waffen Brown Grey
Humbrol
Tamiya
Green Stuff World
Citadel
Two Thin Coats
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Pairs well with
Try any paint in the scheme toolMatch difficulty
Found in 2 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to P3 Paints Mud Rut?
The closest same-finish match is Vallejo Leather Brown at 96% color similarity.
What color is Mud Rut?
Mud Rut is a dark moderate brown with a warm undertone (hex #503616).
What do I highlight and shade Mud Rut with?
Highlight Mud Rut toward Bastion Grey and shade it down into Bane Grey, both P3 Paints paints in the same finish family.