Northeast Trail

A mid-weight yellow. In the Vista Paint lineup this is 0346.

Light reflectance measures 27.0, which is enough to keep a room bright without bouncing light around. At chroma 17.9 the yellow is clear in daylight and softer under lamps.

Works as a whole-room color in spaces that are lived in rather than passed through, where its depth has time to register. It holds up in a north-facing room, which is where warmth is usually missing. If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Behr Silver Shadow keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 37 LRV points from this one).

Rooms already built around blues and cool greys are the hardest fit for this color - the two are opposites, and opposites next to each other rarely feel calm.

Wood tones next to this read darker and richer than they do against a paler wall; it is one of the more dependable effects of putting a light-absorbing color next to anything reflective. For layering, pair this with a clearly lighter mid-tone on a secondary wall or cabinetry, and keep the ceiling close to white. The gap between each step should be big enough to see without thinking about it (roughly 27.0 / 56 / 85 on the reflectance scale).

If the brand is not fixed, Behr Urban Safari (PPU8-04) is the same color by measurement - delta-E 0.81. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 2 colors from other brands come this close. This color reads consistently across most finishes, so the choice can come down to durability needs rather than how it changes the color.

It is lighter than 25 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.