Cross-brand matchCross-brand matchVista Paint 0500 translated into the Farrow & Ball line
The closest Farrow & Ball paint to Vista Paint Bowman Blue (0500) is Inchyra Blue 289, a delta-E of 5.51 away — the closest Farrow & Ball has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.
Inchyra Blue is 4 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as teal cast against teal undertone, at chroma 6.4 and 8.4.
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.
| Farrow & Ball color | ΔE | LRV | Undertone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inchyra Blue289 | 5.51 | 13.0 | teal cast | Compare |
| De Nimes299 | 6.35 | 21.3 | teal cast | Compare |
| Down Pipe26 | 8.47 | 12.7 | true neutral | Compare |
| Green Smoke47 | 9.63 | 18.7 | green undertone | Compare |
| Stiffkey Blue281 | 12.3 | 10.0 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Vardo288 | 12.53 | 18.0 | teal | Compare |