Vista Paint 1273 translated into the PPG line
The closest PPG paint to Vista Paint Wildflower Prairie (1273) is Sweet Emily 1245-3, a delta-E of 1.3 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.
Light reflectance is effectively identical, 64.0 against 64.0. Undertone reads as blue undertone against blue undertone, at chroma 8.7 and 9.6.
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.
| PPG color | ΔE | LRV | Undertone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Emily1245-3 | 1.3 | 64.0 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Violet Shadow1170-3 | 2.94 | 65.0 | cool blue-gray | Compare |
| Globe Thistle1246-3 | 3.4 | 65.0 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Lavender Haze1175-3 | 3.57 | 64.0 | cool violet-gray | Compare |
| Pale Violet1168-3 | 3.6 | 60.0 | cool blue-gray | Compare |
| Stratosphere1162-2 | 3.94 | 65.0 | blue undertone | Compare |