Mellow Glow

Strong enough that it sets the palette for the room, not the other way around. 1023 in the Vista Paint range.

Chroma 25.3 is high enough that the color will bounce onto light surfaces, so expect it everywhere, not only on the wall. Ideal for a single accent wall or a small room where you want to commit.

In a room that gets little direct sun, this color's warmth does some of the work daylight would otherwise be doing. LRV 70.0 tells you how much light comes back, which matters less here than how much color comes with it.

In warm light this stays orange; under cooler, daylight-style bulbs it can slide toward red. It's close enough to that edge that a sample is worth checking in the room's own lighting, not under a store's. If the room already has blues and cool greys 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.

Warm metals - brass, aged gold, unlacquered fixtures - gain a contrast against this that they do not have against a lighter wall; it is a common reason people choose a color this deep in the first place.

Dunn-Edwards Clear Vision pairs well as a second surface - close enough in feel to belong in the same room, far enough in lightness to read as two distinct walls (about 16 points apart on the reflectance scale). Matte suits a color this strong - a glossier sheen would turn every light source in the room into a visible hotspot on the wall.

For anyone tied to a different brand, Dunn-Edwards Papaya Whip (DE5164) is the nearest stand-in, at a delta-E of 1.19. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 1 color from other brands come this close.

It is lighter than 75 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.