Spring Rose

Strong enough that it sets the palette for the room, not the other way around. 8065 in the Vista Paint range.

Chroma 21.1 is high enough that the color will bounce onto light surfaces, so expect it everywhere, not only on the wall. Ideal for a single accent wall or a small room where you want to commit.

Afternoon sun will push the red further warm; if that reads as too much, a cooler bulb in the room can pull it back. LRV 64.0 tells you how much light comes back, which matters less here than how much color comes with it.

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.

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.

Dunn-Edwards Calm Waters pairs well as a second surface - close enough in feel to belong in the same room, far enough in lightness to read as two distinct walls (about 28.3 points apart on the reflectance scale). Matte suits a color this strong - a glossier sheen would turn every light source in the room into a visible hotspot on the wall.

For anyone tied to a different brand, Dunn-Edwards Peachtree (DE5129) is the nearest stand-in, at a delta-E of 1.21. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 2 colors from other brands come this close.

It is lighter than 67 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.