True Sky Blue

There is no reading this as a background color. In the Vista Paint lineup this is 7407.

At chroma 34.2 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.

Warm bulbs will soften it; daylight bulbs push it further cool. 34.0 on the light-reflectance scale is unremarkable on its own; the chroma is what actually drives how this color behaves.

Rooms already built around reds and brick tones are the hardest fit for this color - the two are opposites, and opposites next to each other rarely feel calm.

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. For layering, pair this with a clearly lighter mid-tone on a secondary wall or cabinetry, and keep the ceiling close to white. The gap between each step should be big enough to see without thinking about it (roughly 34.0 / 60 / 85 on the reflectance scale).

If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Benjamin Moore Rose Silk keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 23.6 LRV points from this one). A flatter finish keeps this much color from creating harsh reflections.

Across the other brands, nothing lands within delta-E 2 of this one - there is no easy substitute.

It is lighter than 32 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.