Cross-brand match

Dancing in the Spring in Sherwin-Williams

Vista Paint 1291 translated into the Sherwin-Williams line

Vista Paint Dancing in the Spring 1291 on a wall, hex #81788D
Sherwin-Williams Mythical SW 6550 on a wall, hex #7E778E

The closest Sherwin-Williams paint to Vista Paint Dancing in the Spring (1291) is Mythical SW 6550, a delta-E of 1.47 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Light reflectance is effectively identical, 20.0 against 19.7. Undertone reads as violet undertone against violet undertone, at chroma 13.7 and 12.7.

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.

NEARESTMythicalSW 6550
DISTANCEΔE 1.47CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE19.7 against 20.0
HEX#7E778Eagainst #81788D

Ranked matches in Sherwin-Williams

closest first
Sherwin-Williams colorΔE LRV Undertone
MythicalSW 6550 1.47 19.7 violet undertone Compare
Wood VioletSW 6557 5.96 16.3 violet Compare
Soulful BlueSW 6543 5.99 20.3 blue undertone Compare
Gentle GrapeSW 9074 7.21 26.4 violet undertone Compare
Exclusive PlumSW 6263 8.42 16.4 violet cast Compare
Berry CreamSW 9075 8.43 28.2 violet undertone Compare

Dancing in the Spring in other brands

same color, different line

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