HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Ancestral Gold HGSW6407
The closest PPG colour is Foothills (PPG1105-4), at ΔE 1.08 — near-exact.
Foothills is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.08 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 PPG
Most people comparing HGTV Home to PPG 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 Foothills really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.08near-exact
- LRV
- 61HGTV Home is 62
- Hex
- #E1CFA5#DDCDA6 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and PPG publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Foothills reads slightly lighter than Ancestral Gold in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other PPG options
Worth knowing if Foothills is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Neutral Beige PPG12-31ΔE 1.33 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
- Baked Bread PPG1100-3ΔE 1.48 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
- Lovely Linen PPG1099-3ΔE 1.62 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Ancestral Gold HGSW6407 matched across all 13 brands →