HGTV Home → Magnolia Home
Magnolia Home equivalent of HGTV Home Aesthetic White HGSW7035
The closest Magnolia Home colour is Soft Linen (JG-108), at ΔE 1.35 — near-exact.
Soft Linen is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.35 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 HGTV Home and Magnolia Home
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Magnolia 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 Soft Linen really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.35near-exact
- LRV
- 72.93HGTV Home is 73
- Hex
- #E5DDD0#E3DDD3 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated.
HGTV Home and Magnolia Home publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Soft Linen reads slightly lighter than Aesthetic White in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Sampled from manufacturer image — treat the swatch above as indicative and confirm against a physical sample.
Other Magnolia Home options
Worth knowing if Soft Linen is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Locally Sown JG-112ΔE 1.71 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.2 points lower.
- Castle Cream CC-02ΔE 2.54 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.4 points higher.
- Antique Rose JG-23ΔE 2.69 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 8.4 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Aesthetic White HGSW7035 matched across all 13 brands →