Benjamin Moore → HGTV Home
HGTV Home equivalent of Benjamin Moore Winter Solstice 1605
The closest HGTV Home colour is Silver Salvia (HGSW3336), at ΔE 0.60 — indistinguishable.
Silver Salvia is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.60 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 Silver Salvia really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.60indistinguishable
- LRV
- 51Benjamin Moore is 50.66
- Hex
- #B8BEBE#B9BFBE in Benjamin Moore
Nearly the same lightness.
Benjamin Moore and HGTV Home publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Silver Salvia reads slightly darker than Winter Solstice 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 Silver Salvia is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Samovar Silver HGSW6233ΔE 0.60 · indistinguishable · Nearly the same lightness.
- Monochrome HGSW1454ΔE 1.16 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted. Its LRV is 2.7 points lower.
- Monorail Silver HGSW7663ΔE 1.16 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted. Its LRV is 2.7 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See Benjamin Moore Winter Solstice 1605 matched across all 13 brands →