Benjamin Moore → HGTV Home
HGTV Home equivalent of Benjamin Moore Windham Cream HC-6
The closest HGTV Home colour is Lilting Lily (HGSW1186), at ΔE 1.39 — near-exact.
Lilting Lily is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.39 the difference is smaller than most people can see on a wall, and smaller than the shift between two batches of the same colour.
Why people switch between Benjamin Moore and HGTV Home
Most people comparing Benjamin Moore to HGTV Home are not shopping for a new colour. They have already chosen one, and then hit a price difference or a painter who buys from a single supplier. The question is what goes on the wall instead.
How close Lilting Lily really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.39near-exact
- LRV
- 81Benjamin Moore is 79.04
- Hex
- #F3E8C2#F5E9C7 in Benjamin Moore
The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
Benjamin Moore and HGTV Home publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Lilting Lily reads slightly darker than Windham Cream in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other HGTV Home options
Worth knowing if Lilting Lily is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Lily HGSW6693ΔE 1.39 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
- Lemon Chiffonade HGSW1177ΔE 2.33 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Lemon Chiffon HGSW6686ΔE 2.33 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
Matches in every other brand
See Benjamin Moore Windham Cream HC-6 matched across all 13 brands →