Cross-brand match

Happy Face in Valspar

Vista Paint 0851 translated into the Valspar line

Vista Paint Happy Face 0851 on a wall, hex #FFD328
Valspar Tangy 3008-1A on a wall, hex #FFCE01

The closest Valspar paint to Vista Paint Happy Face (0851) is Tangy 3008-1A, a delta-E of 5.3 away — the closest Valspar has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Tangy is 4 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow against yellow, at chroma 85.5 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.

NEARESTTangy3008-1A
DISTANCEΔE 5.3CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE66.0 against 70.0
HEX#FFCE01against #FFD328

Ranked matches in Valspar

closest first
Valspar colorΔE LRV Undertone
Tangy3008-1A 5.3 66.0 yellow Compare
Sweet Mustard3008-1B 7.24 70.0 yellow Compare
Golden Promise3003-1C 10.68 66.0 yellow Compare
Golden Spell3004-1B 11.23 61.0 yellow Compare
Golden Treasure3004-1A 13.2 58.0 yellow Compare
Sunspark3010-2 14.99 58.0 yellow Compare

Happy Face in other brands

same color, different line

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