HGTV Home → Glidden
Glidden equivalent of HGTV Home Basalt Powder HGSW2457
The closest Glidden colour is Silent Smoke (PPG1025-2), at ΔE 0.54 — indistinguishable.
Silent Smoke is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.54 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 Glidden
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Glidden 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 Silent Smoke really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.54indistinguishable
- LRV
- 68.12HGTV Home is 62
- Hex
- #DBD7CE#DCD8D0 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness. Its LRV is 6.1 points higher.
HGTV Home and Glidden publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Silent Smoke reads slightly darker than Basalt Powder in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Glidden options
Worth knowing if Silent Smoke is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Shark PPG1006-2ΔE 1.06 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 9.7 points higher.
- Silver Birch 70YY 72/041ΔE 1.46 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 11.2 points higher.
- In The Cloud PPG0999-1ΔE 1.47 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 9.4 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Basalt Powder HGSW2457 matched across all 13 brands →