Buffed Plum

It has just enough violet cast to have a personality, and just little enough to stay out of the way. Buffed Plum is Vista Paint's 1317.

Chroma 5.4 means the color content is small, which is exactly why the violet cast matters so much - there is nothing else here to distract from it. The violet cast is more noticeable under cool, daylight-balanced bulbs than under standard warm ones, which tend to mute it.

At this LRV (45.0), a room reads as neither bright-white nor dim - a genuinely middle-of-the-road amount of light comes back off the wall. Suits both quiet, restful rooms and busier shared spaces, which is most of what makes a neutral a neutral.

For a secondary wall, Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse gives a natural step up in brightness without feeling like a mismatch (roughly 45.3 LRV points apart).

For anyone tied to a different brand, PPG Glistening Gray (1043-4) is the nearest stand-in, at a delta-E of 1.08. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 2 colors from other brands come this close. This color reads consistently across most finishes, so the choice can come down to durability needs rather than how it changes the color.

It is lighter than 46 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.