It has enough orange undertone to be read as a color, and enough depth to hold a wall. Vista Paint lists it as Dapper (0192).
LRV 14.0 - comfortably in the range that suits a whole room rather than one wall. At chroma 13.2 the orange undertone is clear in daylight and softer under lamps.
Works as a whole-room color in spaces that are lived in rather than passed through, where its depth has time to register. Afternoon sun will push the orange undertone further warm; if that reads as too much, a cooler bulb in the room can pull it back. If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Benjamin Moore Silent Night keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 31.4 LRV points from this one).
If the room already has blues and cool greys in the floor, a rug, or the furniture, this color will fight it rather than sit well beside it - the two sit at opposite ends of the color spectrum, which is exactly why they clash instead of blend.
Warm metals - brass, aged gold, unlacquered fixtures - gain a contrast against this that they do not have against a lighter wall; it is a common reason people choose a color this deep in the first place. A natural scheme here moves in three clear steps: this color on the main wall, a noticeably lighter mid-tone for a second wall or built-in, and a near-white on the ceiling. Each jump should be obvious at a glance, not something you have to squint to tell apart (roughly 14.0, 50 and 85 on the light-reflectance scale, for reference).
For anyone tied to a different brand, Sherwin-Williams Cobble Brown (SW 6082) is the nearest stand-in, at a delta-E of 1.21. This is not a rare shade: 3 colors from other brands sit within delta-E 2 of it. Eggshell is a common middle ground here - enough durability for a lived-in room without the sheen that would draw attention to wall imperfections.
It is lighter than 11 percent of the Vista Paint range. This is a crowded part of the scale - 310 colors measure within a point of 14.0 - so most brands will have something close. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.
Vista Paint Dapper is a warm color: its hue angle is 66° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 13.2, with a orange undertone.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Dapper (0192) is 14.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a very dark color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Dapper pairs with Behr Neptune Blue (570D-6, complement), Benjamin Moore Eucalyptus Leaf (2144-20, analogous, warmer), PPG Chocolate Eclair (1054-7, analogous, cooler), Benjamin Moore Silent Night (1613, soft accent).
Vista Paint Dapper's hex value is #776353, RGB 119, 99, 83.
Vista Paint Dapper is classified as a tan, with a orange undertone.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Dapper is 18-1015 TCX Shitake, delta-E 1.66; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 8025 Pale brown, delta-E 4.09.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Dapper is Sherwin-Williams Cobble Brown (SW 6082), at a delta-E of 1.21.
| HEX | #776353 |
| RGB | 119, 99, 83 |
| CMYK | 0%, 17%, 30%, 53% |
| HSL | 27°, 18%, 40% |
| HSV | 27°, 30%, 47% |
| CIE Lab | 43.46, 5.41, 12.09 |
| LCh | 43.46, 13.25, 65.9° |
| XYZ | 13.63, 13.47, 10.06 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 18-1015 TCX Shitake · ΔE 1.66 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 8025 Pale brown · ΔE 4.09 |
| 18-1015 TCX Shitake | ΔE 1.66 | |
| 18-1016 TCX Cub | ΔE 3.25 | |
| 18-1017 TCX Caribou | ΔE 4.12 | |
| RAL 8025 Pale brown | ΔE 4.09 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
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