Cross-brand match

Plum Preserve in Dunn-Edwards

Vista Paint 1256 translated into the Dunn-Edwards line

Vista Paint Plum Preserve 1256 on a wall, hex #8275AB
Dunn-Edwards Smashed Grape DE5963 on a wall, hex #8775A1

The closest Dunn-Edwards paint to Vista Paint Plum Preserve (1256) is Smashed Grape DE5963, a delta-E of 5.97 away — the closest Dunn-Edwards has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Smashed Grape is 0.6 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as violet against violet, at chroma 26.5 and 31.8.

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.

NEARESTSmashed GrapeDE5963
DISTANCEΔE 5.97CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE20.4 against 21.0
HEX#8775A1against #8275AB

Ranked matches in Dunn-Edwards

closest first
Dunn-Edwards colorΔE LRV Undertone
Smashed GrapeDE5963 5.97 20.4 violet Compare
Faraway SkyDE5942 7.33 24.6 violet Compare
Lush LilacDE5970 8.24 25.5 violet Compare
Cloudy PlumDE5984 9.11 24.1 violet Compare
JubileeDE5971 9.49 15.1 violet Compare
Twilight TwinkleDE5907 10.31 25.1 blue Compare

Plum Preserve in other brands

same color, different line

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