Cross-brand matchCross-brand matchVista Paint 0512 translated into the PPG line
The closest PPG paint to Vista Paint Overcast Day (0512) is Quicksilver 1041-5, a delta-E of 1.94 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.
Quicksilver is 1 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as blue cast against blue cast, at chroma 7.0 and 5.8.
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.
| PPG color | ΔE | LRV | Undertone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quicksilver1041-5 | 1.94 | 34.0 | blue cast | Compare |
| Pachyderm1039-4 | 2.64 | 31.0 | blue cast | Compare |
| Lost At Sea1040-5 | 2.68 | 33.0 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Ufo1011-4 | 3.17 | 35.0 | blue cast | Compare |
| Symmetry1037-4 | 3.67 | 35.0 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Steeple Gray1012-5 | 4.11 | 30.0 | blue cast | Compare |