Sullivan's Heart

Light enough to feel airy, colored enough that it still counts as a decision rather than a default. 1132, from Vista Paint.

Light reflectance measures 65.0, which is enough to keep a room bright without bouncing light around. A chroma of 18.5 is enough to register as a real color choice, without the intensity that would force the rest of a room to match it.

South light flatters it. In a north-facing room it can turn cold, so sample that wall first. Holds up across a full room without the visual weight a darker or more saturated color would add. Dunn-Edwards Melting Glacier makes a good second wall color here - different enough to read as a real choice, close enough to still feel related (about 26.7 points apart in light reflectance).

Switching brands, PPG Mountain Laurel (1181-3) is the closest equivalent at delta-E 1.4, near enough for most rooms. A satin finish is worth it in a room that needs to be wiped down often, at the cost of showing a bit more of the wall's surface than a flat finish would.

It is lighter than 68 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.