Immortality

There is no reading this as a background color. In the Vista Paint lineup this is 1172.

At chroma 28.4 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.

The purple is more noticeable under cool, daylight-balanced bulbs than under standard warm ones, which tend to mute it. 17.0 on the light-reflectance scale is unremarkable on its own; the chroma is what actually drives how this color behaves.

If the room already has greens in the floor, a rug, or the furniture, this color will fight it rather than sit well beside it - the two sit at opposite ends of the color spectrum, which is exactly why they clash instead of blend.

Anything pale placed against this wall will look paler than it is; anything warm-metal will look warmer. Neither is an illusion the color plays deliberately - it is simple contrast, but worth planning rather than discovering. A natural scheme here moves in three clear steps: this color on the main wall, a noticeably lighter mid-tone for a second wall or built-in, and a near-white on the ceiling. Each jump should be obvious at a glance, not something you have to squint to tell apart (roughly 17.0, 51 and 85 on the light-reflectance scale, for reference).

If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Valspar Bay Waves keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 44 LRV points from this one). A flatter finish keeps this much color from creating harsh reflections.

Across the other brands, nothing lands within delta-E 2 of this one - there is no easy substitute.

It is lighter than 15 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.