Vista Paint 0442Vista Paint 0442A quiet color: the yellow-green cast is there, but it is not announcing itself. Vista Paint's designation for it is 0442.
Chroma 6.3 is the whole difference: below four a color reads as grey, above ten the yellow-green cast takes over. Warm bulbs will soften it; daylight bulbs push it further cool.
Light reflectance measures 27.0, which is enough to keep a room bright without bouncing light around. A safe whole-house choice when different rooms get different amounts of natural light, since neutrals shift the least across exposures.
Vista Paint Easter Party 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 42 points apart on the reflectance scale).
For anyone tied to a different brand, Benjamin Moore Carolina Gull (2138-40) is the nearest stand-in, at a delta-E of 1.52. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 2 colors from other brands come this close. Matte or low-sheen suits it on walls; higher gloss will exaggerate the undertone.
It is lighter than 25 percent of the Vista Paint range. Among grays it is one of the strongest: only 1 percent of them carry more colour. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.
Vista Paint Dowager sits between warm and cool: its hue angle is 135° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 6.3, with a yellow-green cast.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Dowager (0442) is 27.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a dark color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Dowager pairs with Vista Paint Imagine That (1226, complement), Benjamin Moore Sea Glass (CSP-735, analogous, warmer), Sherwin-Williams Mountain Road (SW 7743, analogous, cooler), Vista Paint Easter Party (7187, soft accent).
Vista Paint Dowager's hex value is #888F85, RGB 136, 143, 133.
Vista Paint Dowager is classified as a gray, with a yellow-green cast.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Dowager is 17-6206 TCX Shadow, delta-E 1.16; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 7030 Stone grey, delta-E 3.49.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Dowager is Benjamin Moore Carolina Gull (2138-40), at a delta-E of 1.52.
| HEX | #888F85 |
| RGB | 136, 143, 133 |
| CMYK | 5%, 0%, 7%, 44% |
| HSL | 102°, 4%, 54% |
| HSV | 102°, 7%, 56% |
| CIE Lab | 58.58, -4.5, 4.43 |
| LCh | 58.58, 6.31, 135.4° |
| XYZ | 24.21, 26.57, 26.04 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 17-6206 TCX Shadow · ΔE 1.16 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 7030 Stone grey · ΔE 3.49 |
| 17-6206 TCX Shadow | ΔE 1.16 | |
| 16-5807 TCX Lily Pad | ΔE 2.85 | |
| 16-5804 TCX Slate Gray | ΔE 4.15 | |
| RAL 7030 Stone grey | ΔE 3.49 | |
| RAL 7023 Concrete grey | ΔE 4.31 | |
| RAL 7033 Cement grey | ΔE 4.34 |
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.
Shades mix the color toward black, tints toward white. Click any step to find the paint colors closest to it.
One image with Dowager and its closest color at every other brand, measured by delta-E.
Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams SW 7029
Sea SaltSherwin-Williams SW 6204
BlackenedFarrow & Ball 2011
Pearly WhiteSherwin-Williams SW 7009
De NimesFarrow & Ball 299
Iron MountainBehr N520-5
MarshmallowSherwin-Williams SW 7001
Inchyra BlueFarrow & Ball 289
Winter IceBenjamin Moore 866
Smoky MountainDunn-Edwards DE6388
Wild AsterBenjamin Moore 1240
DoveBehr HDC-MD-21
London ClayFarrow & Ball 244
Silver StrandSherwin-Williams SW 7057
Charleston GrayFarrow & Ball 243
Stonington GrayBenjamin Moore HC-170
