Vista Paint 7204Vista Paint 7204Neutral enough to sit under other colors, with a cool violet-gray underneath. Vista Paint files it as 7204.
A chroma of 2.6 is low enough to read as neutral in most light, but the cool violet-gray still shifts what the eye calls it. Warm bulbs will soften it; daylight bulbs push it further cool.
LRV 74.0 - comfortably in the range that suits a whole room rather than one wall. Suits both quiet, restful rooms and busier shared spaces, which is most of what makes a neutral a neutral.
For a secondary wall, Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse gives a natural step up in brightness without feeling like a mismatch (roughly 16.3 LRV points apart).
If the brand is not fixed, Behr Graceful (620A-1) is the same color by measurement - delta-E 0.72. This is not a rare shade: 5 colors from other brands sit within delta-E 2 of it. Matte or low-sheen suits it on walls; higher gloss will exaggerate the undertone.
It is lighter than 77 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.
Vista Paint Tentative Dawn is close to a true neutral, neither clearly warm nor cool: its hue angle is 290° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 2.6, with a cool violet-gray.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Tentative Dawn (7204) is 74.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a light color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Tentative Dawn pairs with Behr Billowy Down (780E-1, complement), Dunn-Edwards Crystal Bell (DEW392, analogous, warmer), PPG Cumberland Fog (1168-2, analogous, cooler), Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse (DEW385, soft accent).
Vista Paint Tentative Dawn's hex value is #E4E4E9, RGB 228, 228, 233.
Vista Paint Tentative Dawn is classified as a gray, with a cool violet-gray.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Tentative Dawn is 12-4306 TCX Barely Blue, delta-E 3.77; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 7047 Telegrey 4, delta-E 7.99. Neither is an exact match.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Tentative Dawn is Behr Graceful (620A-1), at a delta-E of 0.72 - close enough to be the same color by measurement.
| HEX | #E4E4E9 |
| RGB | 228, 228, 233 |
| CMYK | 2%, 2%, 0%, 9% |
| HSL | 240°, 10%, 90% |
| HSV | 240°, 2%, 91% |
| CIE Lab | 90.72, 0.91, -2.44 |
| LCh | 90.72, 2.6, 290.5° |
| XYZ | 74.44, 77.86, 88.18 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 12-4306 TCX Barely Blue · ΔE 3.77 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 7047 Telegrey 4 · ΔE 7.99 |
| 12-4306 TCX Barely Blue | ΔE 3.77 | |
| 11-4601 TCX Bit Of Blue | ΔE 3.82 | |
| 11-4800 TCX Blanc De Blanc | ΔE 3.98 | |
| RAL 7047 Telegrey 4 | ΔE 7.99 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
Shades mix the color toward black, tints toward white. Click any step to find the paint colors closest to it.
One image with Tentative Dawn and its closest color at every other brand, measured by delta-E.
Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams SW 7029
Sea SaltSherwin-Williams SW 6204
BlackenedFarrow & Ball 2011
Pearly WhiteSherwin-Williams SW 7009
De NimesFarrow & Ball 299
Iron MountainBehr N520-5
MarshmallowSherwin-Williams SW 7001
Inchyra BlueFarrow & Ball 289
Winter IceBenjamin Moore 866
Smoky MountainDunn-Edwards DE6388
Wild AsterBenjamin Moore 1240
DoveBehr HDC-MD-21
London ClayFarrow & Ball 244
Silver StrandSherwin-Williams SW 7057
Stonington GrayBenjamin Moore HC-170
PorpoiseSherwin-Williams SW 7047
