Tingle

This is a color that decides the room rather than supporting it. Vista Paint's designation for it is 0732.

Chroma 43.7 is high enough that the color will bounce onto light surfaces, so expect it everywhere, not only on the wall. In a room with plenty of natural light, this can cover more wall area than it could in a dim one, where the same color reads heavier.

South light flatters it. In a north-facing room it can turn cold, so sample that wall first. LRV 17.0 tells you how much light comes back, which matters less here than how much color comes with it.

If the room already has pinks and warm blush tones 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.

The lighter the trim beside this, the more it will seem to glow - a side effect of the light-reflectance gap rather than anything special about the trim color. A natural scheme here moves in three clear steps: this color on the main wall, a noticeably lighter mid-tone for a second wall or built-in, and a near-white on the ceiling. Each jump should be obvious at a glance, not something you have to squint to tell apart (roughly 17.0, 51 and 85 on the light-reflectance scale, for reference).

Valspar Midsummer Twilight 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 25.7 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.

Switching brands, Behr Green Grass (450B-7) is the closest equivalent at delta-E 2.63, near enough for most rooms. Across the other brands, nothing lands within delta-E 2 of this one - there is no easy substitute.

It is lighter than 15 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.