Sun Splashed

This is a statement first and a wall color second. Vista Paint lists it as Sun Splashed (0932).

At chroma 35.7 it will not sit quietly next to another strong color. On one wall of an otherwise neutral room, this reads as a deliberate choice rather than an overwhelming one.

In a room that gets little direct sun, this color's warmth does some of the work daylight would otherwise be doing. 71.0 on the light-reflectance scale is unremarkable on its own; the chroma is what actually drives how this color behaves.

Depending on the bulb, this can genuinely read as orange or as yellow - it sits right on the border between the two, only 5° apart. Worth checking before committing to a full wall: blues and cool greys nearby - in a floor, a rug, a piece of furniture - will read as a clash here, not a complement, since the two colors sit at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Next to it, white trim reads brighter and cooler than it does anywhere else in the house - the gap in light reflectance is what does that, not the trim paint itself.

If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Dunn-Edwards First Snow keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 14.7 LRV points from this one). A flatter finish keeps this much color from creating harsh reflections.

If the brand is not fixed, Benjamin Moore Honeywheat (179) is the same color by measurement - delta-E 0.59. 3 other-brand colors land within delta-E 2 of this one - a well-populated part of the spectrum with several near-equivalents to choose from.

It is lighter than 77 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.