HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Battersea Bronze HGSW3271
The closest Valspar colour is Architect (T700), at ΔE 1.49 — near-exact.
Architect is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.49 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 Valspar
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Valspar 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 Architect really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.49near-exact
- LRV
- 12.29HGTV Home is 12
- Hex
- #646356#64645A in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Architect reads slightly darker than Battersea Bronze in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Architect is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Wetlands 5007-2CΔE 2.55 · very close · The candidate is darker. Its LRV is 1.1 points lower.
- Quaking Bog 5005-2CΔE 2.62 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.8 points lower.
- Catch of the Day 8005-2FΔE 3.13 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, with a small hue shift.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Battersea Bronze HGSW3271 matched across all 13 brands →