Cross-brand match

Gaugin's Blue in Dutch Boy

Vista Paint 7344 translated into the Dutch Boy line

Vista Paint Gaugin's Blue 7344 on a wall, hex #87B4D4
Dutch Boy John's Blue DCP-0617 on a wall, hex #97B2CD

The closest Dutch Boy paint to Vista Paint Gaugin's Blue (7344) is John's Blue DCP-0617, a delta-E of 5.79 away — the closest Dutch Boy has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Light reflectance is effectively identical, 43.0 against 42.8. Undertone reads as blue against blue, at chroma 17.0 and 22.1.

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.

NEARESTJohn's BlueDCP-0617
DISTANCEΔE 5.79CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE42.8 against 43.0
HEX#97B2CDagainst #87B4D4

Ranked matches in Dutch Boy

closest first
Dutch Boy colorΔE LRV Undertone
John's BlueDCP-0617 5.79 42.8 blue Compare
Blue WingsVS-9402 8.35 40.7 blue Compare
Celestial HorizonDCP-0589 8.78 36.2 blue Compare
Sky BlueD-6742 10.69 47.7 teal Compare
Simply SparklingDCP-0594 14.27 60.5 blue undertone Compare
Dusky MoodDCP-1318 15.92 41.1 blue cast Compare

Gaugin's Blue in other brands

same color, different line

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