HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Black Fox HGSW7020
The closest Valspar colour is Moon Rock (T501), at ΔE 1.86 — near-exact.
Moon Rock is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.86 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 Moon Rock really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.86near-exact
- LRV
- 6.66HGTV Home is 7
- Hex
- #4F4845#4F4842 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Moon Rock reads slightly lighter than Black Fox in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Moon Rock is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Ebony Keys 8006-2GΔE 1.93 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Turkish Coffee 6003-2CΔE 3.07 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Semi-Sweet 4003-2CΔE 3.63 · close · The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 1.6 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Black Fox HGSW7020 matched across all 13 brands →