HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Antiquity HGSW6402
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Flickering Gold (DE6166), at ΔE 1.41 — near-exact.
Flickering Gold is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.41 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 Flickering Gold really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.41near-exact
- LRV
- 38HGTV Home is 39
- Hex
- #C6A668#C2A462 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Flickering Gold reads slightly lighter than Antiquity 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 Flickering Gold is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Caribou Herd DE5361ΔE 3.24 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Brown Rum DE5439ΔE 3.35 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 7.0 points lower.
- Bread Pudding DE6159ΔE 3.57 · close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Antiquity HGSW6402 matched across all 13 brands →