HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Cloth & Stone HGSW3156
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Sahara (DEC747), at ΔE 1.37 — near-exact.
Sahara is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.37 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 Sahara really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.37near-exact
- LRV
- 52HGTV Home is 53
- Hex
- #D5C3AD#CFBEA9 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Sahara reads slightly lighter than Cloth & Stone 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 Sahara is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Birchwood DEC752ΔE 1.40 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
- Rustic Taupe DE6129ΔE 1.71 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 6.0 points lower.
- Apache Tan DEC746ΔE 2.21 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Cloth & Stone HGSW3156 matched across all 13 brands →