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What colour is rust?
Rust is a combination of colours.
It is made up of browns, orange and even red.
Old rust has a darker look whereas new rust has a much brighter almost orange appearance.
Using all of these colours you can make your model look like it has been left out side for fifty years or more, depending on how rusty you want something to appear.
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