Vista Paint 1145 translated into the PPG line
The closest PPG paint to Vista Paint Romeo O Romeo (1145) is Red Licorice 1186-7, a delta-E of 1.16 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.
Light reflectance is effectively identical, 12.0 against 12.0. Undertone reads as pink against pink, at chroma 47.1 and 47.7.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Licorice1186-7 | 1.16 | 12.0 | pink | Compare |
| Salsa Diane1186-6 | 7.48 | 17.0 | pink | Compare |
| Red Gumball1187-7 | 8.11 | 12.0 | red | Compare |
| Burning Bush1057-7 | 8.13 | 11.0 | red | Compare |
| Autumn Ridge1058-7 | 9.45 | 10.0 | red | Compare |
| Apple-a-day1051-7 | 10.91 | 9.0 | red | Compare |