Reuben Ridge

It has enough red undertone to be read as a color, and enough depth to hold a wall. In the Vista Paint lineup this is 8648.

Light reflectance measures 29.0, which is enough to keep a room bright without bouncing light around. At chroma 12.1 the red undertone is clear in daylight and softer under lamps.

A reasonable choice for a room that needs to feel grounded without going as dark as a true accent color. 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, Dunn-Edwards Vapor keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 53.3 LRV points from this one).

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. A natural scheme here moves in three clear steps: this color on the main wall, a noticeably lighter mid-tone for a second wall or built-in, and a near-white on the ceiling. Each jump should be obvious at a glance, not something you have to squint to tell apart (roughly 29.0, 57 and 85 on the light-reflectance scale, for reference).

PPG Tanglewood (1073-5) runs close enough - delta-E 1.99 - that swapping brands should not change how the room looks. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 1 color 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 27 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.