Canter Peach

Pale enough to open a room, with a orange strong enough to still read as a deliberate choice. Vista Paint catalogs it as Canter Peach, 1015.

Light reflectance measures 71.0, which is enough to keep a room bright without bouncing light around. A chroma of 17.6 is enough to register as a real color choice, without the intensity that would force the rest of a room to match it.

Afternoon sun will push the orange further warm; if that reads as too much, a cooler bulb in the room can pull it back. Light enough for whole-room coverage while still reading as a real color choice rather than a white. Dunn-Edwards Cotton Ball makes a good second wall color here - different enough to read as a real choice, close enough to still feel related (about 21.5 points apart in light reflectance).

If the brand is not fixed, Valspar French Cream (2006-6C) is the same color by measurement - delta-E 0.82. Matte holds the color truest; a subtle sheen will lift it half a shade under lamps.

It is lighter than 77 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.