Vista Paint 8286 translated into the Sherwin-Williams line
The closest Sherwin-Williams paint to Vista Paint Charcoal Shadow (8286) is Roycroft Pewter SW 2848, a delta-E of 1.43 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.
Roycroft Pewter is 0.8 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as true neutral against true neutral, at chroma 1.8 and 1.7.
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.
| Sherwin-Williams color | ΔE | LRV | Undertone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roycroft PewterSW 2848 | 1.43 | 12.8 | true neutral | Compare |
| Web GraySW 7075 | 1.74 | 13.1 | true neutral | Compare |
| Grizzle GraySW 7068 | 2.68 | 12.8 | true neutral | Compare |
| Grays HarborSW 6236 | 3.34 | 12.1 | blue cast | Compare |
| Cloak GraySW 6278 | 3.78 | 11.3 | violet cast | Compare |
| OuterspaceSW 6251 | 4.21 | 11.6 | blue cast | Compare |