HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Believable Buff HGSW6120
The closest PPG colour is Whispering Wheat (30YY 58/178), at ΔE 0.88 — indistinguishable.
Whispering Wheat is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.88 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 Whispering Wheat really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.88indistinguishable
- LRV
- 58HGTV Home is 59
- Hex
- #DAC8A9#DBC7A8 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, with a small hue shift. 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: Whispering Wheat reads slightly lighter than Believable Buff 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 Whispering Wheat is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Classic Ivory 20YY 57/178ΔE 1.13 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
- Birch Beige PPG1094-3ΔE 1.38 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Cookie Dough PPG1096-3ΔE 1.67 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Believable Buff HGSW6120 matched across all 13 brands →