HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Collonade Gray HGSW7641
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Cumulus Cloud (1550), at ΔE 1.00 — indistinguishable.
Cumulus Cloud is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.00 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 Cumulus Cloud really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.00indistinguishable
- LRV
- 52.31HGTV Home is 53
- Hex
- #C5C1B8#C6C0B6 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. 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: Cumulus Cloud reads slightly lighter than Collonade Gray 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 Cumulus Cloud is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Shale 861ΔE 1.24 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.5 points lower.
- London Fog 1541ΔE 1.79 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 3.4 points higher.
- Himalayan Trek 1542ΔE 2.10 · very close · The candidate is darker. Its LRV is 6.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Collonade Gray HGSW7641 matched across all 13 brands →