Cross-brand match

Josephine in Vista Paint

Behr MQ3-1 translated into the Vista Paint line

Behr Josephine MQ3-1 on a wall, hex #D3C3BE
Vista Paint Mauve Star 8746 on a wall, hex #CEBEB9

The closest Vista Paint paint to Behr Josephine (MQ3-1) is Mauve Star 8746, a delta-E of 1.81 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Mauve Star is 353 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as greige against greige, at chroma 6.6 and 6.6.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTMauve Star8746
DISTANCEΔE 1.81CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE51.0 against 404.0
HEX#CEBEB9against #D3C3BE

Ranked matches in Vista Paint

closest first
Vista Paint colorΔE LRV Undertone
Mauve Star8746 1.81 51.0 greige Compare
Coconut Macaroon0138 2.94 62.0 orange undertone Compare
Soufflé0139 3.04 53.0 orange undertone Compare
Chambord Charm8690 3.23 54.0 red undertone Compare
Avorio8755 3.27 58.0 greige Compare
Roanoke8658 3.3 51.0 orange undertone Compare

Josephine in other brands

same color, different line

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