HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Casual White HGSW4049
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Brandy Cream (1030), at ΔE 0.79 — indistinguishable.
Brandy Cream is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.79 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 Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore 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 Brandy Cream really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.79indistinguishable
- LRV
- 66.28HGTV Home is 67
- Hex
- #E2D4C2#E2D3BF in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 0.7 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Brandy Cream reads slightly lighter than Casual White in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Brandy Cream is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Bayshore Beige 1079ΔE 1.26 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift.
- Carlisle Cream 1031ΔE 1.29 · near-exact · The candidate is darker. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
- Cayman Islands 952ΔE 1.47 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.1 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Casual White HGSW4049 matched across all 13 brands →