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It has enough orange to be read as a color, and enough depth to hold a wall. 8550 in the Vista Paint range.

LRV 17.0 - comfortably in the range that suits a whole room rather than one wall. Chroma 17.3 keeps the orange present without letting it run the room.

Bedrooms and living rooms, where it is seen in lamplight as much as daylight. In a room that gets little direct sun, this color's warmth does some of the work daylight would otherwise be doing. Valspar Gravity pairs well as a second surface - close enough in feel to belong in the same room, far enough in lightness to read as two distinct walls (about 39.1 points apart on the reflectance scale).

Rooms already built around blues and cool greys are the hardest fit for this color - the two are opposites, and opposites next to each other rarely feel calm.

Anything pale placed against this wall will look paler than it is; anything warm-metal will look warmer. Neither is an illusion the color plays deliberately - it is simple contrast, but worth planning rather than discovering. For layering, pair this with a clearly lighter mid-tone on a secondary wall or cabinetry, and keep the ceiling close to white. The gap between each step should be big enough to see without thinking about it (roughly 17.0 / 51 / 85 on the reflectance scale).

Switching brands, Behr Outdoor Cafe (N260-6) is the closest equivalent at delta-E 1.04, near enough for most rooms. This is not a rare shade: 5 colors from other brands sit within delta-E 2 of it. Matte or low-sheen suits it on walls; higher gloss will exaggerate the undertone.

It is lighter than 15 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.