Vista Paint 8308 translated into the Sherwin-Williams line
The closest Sherwin-Williams paint to Vista Paint Whispering Smoke (8308) is First Star SW 7646, a delta-E of 0.57 away — a direct substitute: on a wall the two are the same color.
First Star is 3.5 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as true neutral against true neutral, at chroma 2.6 and 2.6.
Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.
| Sherwin-Williams color | ΔE | LRV | Undertone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First StarSW 7646 | 0.57 | 69.5 | true neutral | Compare |
| Fleur de SelSW 7666 | 1.74 | 72.1 | true neutral | Compare |
| Frosty WhiteSW 6196 | 2.01 | 72.0 | yellow cast | Compare |
| ReflectionSW 7661 | 2.06 | 66.1 | true neutral | Compare |
| Drift of MistSW 9166 | 2.15 | 69.1 | yellow cast | Compare |
| Crushed IceSW 7647 | 2.21 | 65.5 | yellow cast | Compare |