HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Brown Aptitude HGSW3101
The closest Valspar colour is Dark Earth (3011-8), at ΔE 1.15 — near-exact.
Dark Earth is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.15 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 Dark Earth really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.15near-exact
- LRV
- 7.92HGTV Home is 8
- Hex
- #684930#69482C in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Dark Earth reads slightly lighter than Brown Aptitude 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 Dark Earth is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Hickory Chips M247ΔE 1.29 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Valise V086-6ΔE 2.55 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Middle Earth 8003-19GΔE 2.70 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Brown Aptitude HGSW3101 matched across all 13 brands →