Cross-brand match

Happy Face in Dutch Boy

Vista Paint 0851 translated into the Dutch Boy line

Vista Paint Happy Face 0851 on a wall, hex #FFD328
Dutch Boy Happy Day VS-9601 on a wall, hex #FFCA2C

The closest Dutch Boy paint to Vista Paint Happy Face (0851) is Happy Day VS-9601, a delta-E of 5.94 away — the closest Dutch Boy has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Happy Day is 6.3 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow against yellow, at chroma 78.1 and 80.8.

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.

NEARESTHappy DayVS-9601
DISTANCEΔE 5.94CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE63.7 against 70.0
HEX#FFCA2Cagainst #FFD328

Ranked matches in Dutch Boy

closest first
Dutch Boy colorΔE LRV Undertone
Happy DayVS-9601 5.94 63.7 yellow Compare
Lemon YellowD-6761 7.33 62.1 yellow Compare
Ivory WhiteVS-9116 30.98 49.2 yellow Compare
Bone IvoryVS-9225 32.74 71.9 yellow Compare
Tinker BellesVS-9602 38.97 83.7 yellow Compare
TemptationsVS-9503 39.19 51.7 yellow-green Compare

Happy Face in other brands

same color, different line

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