Vista Paint 7891Vista Paint 7891Soft rather than pale-to-invisible - the yellow is faint but genuinely there. 7891 in the Vista Paint range.
LRV 76.0 - comfortably in the range that suits a whole room rather than one wall. Chroma 19.2 keeps the yellow present without letting it run the room.
In a room that gets little direct sun, this color's warmth does some of the work daylight would otherwise be doing. A dependable choice where a room gets good natural light and a pure white would feel sterile. Dunn-Edwards Boysenberry Shadow 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 13.6 points apart on the reflectance scale).
By the numbers, Benjamin Moore Macadamia Nut (191) and this color are indistinguishable - delta-E 0.67, well under what the eye can separate. This color reads consistently across most finishes, so the choice can come down to durability needs rather than how it changes the color.
It is lighter than 80 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.
Vista Paint French Sonnet is a warm color: its hue angle is 89° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 19.2, with a yellow.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint French Sonnet (7891) is 76.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a light color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint French Sonnet pairs with Dunn-Edwards Fly a Kite (DE5890, complement), Benjamin Moore Barely Yellow (2025-70, analogous, warmer), Behr Carnation Coral (M170-3, analogous, cooler), Dunn-Edwards Boysenberry Shadow (DEW391, soft accent).
Vista Paint French Sonnet's hex value is #F4E3C0, RGB 244, 227, 192.
Vista Paint French Sonnet is classified as a tan, with a yellow.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint French Sonnet is 12-0815 TCX Vanilla Custard, delta-E 1.25; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 1015 Light ivory, delta-E 6.42.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint French Sonnet is Benjamin Moore Macadamia Nut (191), at a delta-E of 0.67 - close enough to be the same color by measurement.
| HEX | #F4E3C0 |
| RGB | 244, 227, 192 |
| CMYK | 0%, 7%, 21%, 4% |
| HSL | 40°, 70%, 85% |
| HSV | 40°, 21%, 96% |
| CIE Lab | 90.77, 0.37, 19.21 |
| LCh | 90.77, 19.21, 88.9° |
| XYZ | 74.29, 77.98, 61 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 12-0815 TCX Vanilla Custard · ΔE 1.25 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 1015 Light ivory · ΔE 6.42 |
| 12-0815 TCX Vanilla Custard | ΔE 1.25 | |
| 12-0712 TCX Vanilla | ΔE 1.72 | |
| 12-0812 TCX Alabaster Gleam | ΔE 1.93 | |
| RAL 1015 Light ivory | ΔE 6.42 |
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 French Sonnet and its closest color at every other brand, measured by delta-E.
Accessible BeigeSherwin-Williams SW 7036
Natural LinenSherwin-Williams SW 9109
Studio TaupeSherwin-Williams SW 7549
Sashay SandSherwin-Williams SW 6051
Farrow's CreamFarrow & Ball 67
CreamySherwin-Williams SW 7012
Setting PlasterFarrow & Ball 231
TurretBenjamin Moore CC-604
Polar BearSherwin-Williams SW 7564
New WhiteFarrow & Ball 59
Koral KicksSherwin-Williams SW 6610
Mouse's BackFarrow & Ball 40
Warm StoneSherwin-Williams SW 7032
Soft CreamPPG 1205-2
Lily of the ValleyBenjamin Moore 905
Coconut ShellBehr PPU5-05
