Cross-brand match

Happy Face in Farrow & Ball

Vista Paint 0851 translated into the Farrow & Ball line

Vista Paint Happy Face 0851 on a wall, hex #FFD328
Farrow & Ball Babouche 223 on a wall, hex #E8C266

The closest Farrow & Ball paint to Vista Paint Happy Face (0851) is Babouche 223, a delta-E of 30.73 away — the closest Farrow & Ball has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Babouche is 13.3 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow against yellow, at chroma 50.8 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.

NEARESTBabouche223
DISTANCEΔE 30.73CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE56.7 against 70.0
HEX#E8C266against #FFD328

Ranked matches in Farrow & Ball

closest first
Farrow & Ball colorΔE LRV Undertone
Babouche223 30.73 56.7 yellow Compare
Citron74 39.13 63.8 yellow Compare
Yellow Ground218 43.74 63.0 yellow Compare
Sudbury Yellow51 45.58 48.8 yellow Compare
India Yellow66 46.87 36.4 yellow Compare
Dayroom Yellow233 47.87 74.8 yellow Compare

Happy Face in other brands

same color, different line

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