HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Back to Basics HGSW2157
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Home Sweet Home (1088), at ΔE 0.39 — indistinguishable.
Home Sweet Home is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.39 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 Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore 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 Home Sweet Home really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.39indistinguishable
- LRV
- 60.22HGTV Home is 62
- Hex
- #E5CAAC#E4CAAD in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness. Its LRV is 1.8 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Home Sweet Home reads slightly lighter than Back to Basics in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Home Sweet Home is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Yellow Squash 2161-50ΔE 0.77 · indistinguishable · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.8 points lower.
- Powder Puff 1143ΔE 0.90 · indistinguishable · The candidate is lighter, more muted.
- Silver Gray ES-70ΔE 2.09 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Back to Basics HGSW2157 matched across all 13 brands →