Cross-brand match

John's Blue in PPG

Vista Paint 0617 translated into the PPG line

Vista Paint John's Blue 0617 on a wall, hex #87A4C0
PPG Kaleidoscope 1160-4 on a wall, hex #8DA8BE

The closest PPG paint to Vista Paint John's Blue (0617) is Kaleidoscope 1160-4, a delta-E of 3.7 away — the closest PPG has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Kaleidoscope is 2 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as blue against blue, at chroma 15.0 and 18.0.

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.

NEARESTKaleidoscope1160-4
DISTANCEΔE 3.7CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE38.0 against 36.0
HEX#8DA8BEagainst #87A4C0

Ranked matches in PPG

closest first
PPG colorΔE LRV Undertone
Kaleidoscope1160-4 3.7 38.0 blue Compare
Walden Pond1159-4 4.27 32.0 blue Compare
Alaskan Blue1162-4 5.09 34.0 blue Compare
Arabella1157-4 5.31 39.0 blue Compare
Serene Sea1158-4 5.42 36.0 blue Compare
Dresden Dream1155-5 5.74 38.0 blue undertone Compare

John's Blue in other brands

same color, different line

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