HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Almeria HGSW3136
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Slopes (DEC721), at ΔE 0.88 — indistinguishable.
Slopes is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.88 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 Dunn-Edwards
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Dunn-Edwards 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 Slopes really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.88indistinguishable
- LRV
- 46HGTV Home is 50
- Hex
- #D2B698#CFB597 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Slopes reads slightly lighter than Almeria in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Dunn-Edwards options
Worth knowing if Slopes is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Stonish Beige DEC716ΔE 1.35 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 6.0 points lower.
- Terracotta Sand DE6136ΔE 1.56 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Dover Plains DE6116ΔE 2.02 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 7.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Almeria HGSW3136 matched across all 13 brands →