HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Celery HGSW6421
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Silver Fern (DE5492), at ΔE 0.81 — indistinguishable.
Silver Fern is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.81 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 Dunn-Edwards
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Dunn-Edwards 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 Silver Fern really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.81indistinguishable
- LRV
- 66HGTV Home is 71
- Hex
- #E1DDBF#E0DDBD in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Silver Fern reads slightly lighter than Celery in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Dunn-Edwards options
Worth knowing if Silver Fern is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Woven Reed DE5527ΔE 1.19 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 6.0 points lower.
- Calla Lily DE5498ΔE 2.66 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
- Flowering Reed DET636ΔE 2.71 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Celery HGSW6421 matched across all 13 brands →