Woodland Springs

This is depth rather than color in the usual sense - the teal undertone gives it a direction, but the darkness is the point. Woodland Springs is Vista Paint's 7477.

7.0 on the light-reflectance scale is near the floor - this color adds shadow to a room rather than taking it away. Candlelight and low warm bulbs are where this color looks most like its chip; bright overhead light flattens the depth out of it.

If the room already has reds and brick 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.

Next to it, white trim reads brighter and cooler than it does anywhere else in the house - the gap in light reflectance is what does that, not the trim paint itself. 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 7.0, 46 and 85 on the light-reflectance scale, for reference).

Pairing it with a lighter ceiling keeps the room from feeling closed in, even when the walls themselves are painted all the way to this depth. For a secondary wall, Vista Paint Sparrow gives a natural step up in brightness without feeling like a mismatch (roughly 25 LRV points apart).

A color this deep already reads as dramatic; a low-sheen finish lets the color carry that without competing highlights.

Switching brands, Benjamin Moore Dollar Bill Green (2050-20) is the closest equivalent at delta-E 1.4, near enough for most rooms. This is a relatively uncrowded spot in the spectrum - just 1 color from other brands come this close.

Nearly everything Vista Paint makes is lighter than this: 45 of their 2,742 colors sit below it. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.