Go Go Glow

There is no reading this as a background color. In the Vista Paint lineup this is 0828.

At chroma 44.3 it will not sit quietly next to another strong color. On one wall of an otherwise neutral room, this reads as a deliberate choice rather than an overwhelming one.

This is a color worth testing in the specific room it is going in - cool colors shift more than warm ones do between north and south walls. 77.0 on the light-reflectance scale is unremarkable on its own; the chroma is what actually drives how this color behaves.

This is one of the colors that can change identity with the light - somewhere between yellow and orange, and near enough to the line between them (1°) that both readings are fair. This color and blues and cool greys don't get along in the same room - they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, so pairing them tends to feel like tension rather than contrast.

Wood tones next to this read darker and richer than they do against a paler wall; it is one of the more dependable effects of putting a light-absorbing color next to anything reflective.

A flatter finish keeps this much color from creating harsh reflections.

Valspar Chickery Chick (3008-2A) runs close enough - delta-E 1.41 - that swapping brands should not change how the room looks. Only 1 other-brand color land within delta-E 2 of this one, which makes it comparatively unusual.

It is lighter than 83 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.