HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Cotton White HGSW7104
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Powdered (DEW316), at ΔE 0.80 — indistinguishable.
Powdered is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.80 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 Powdered really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.80indistinguishable
- LRV
- 82HGTV Home is 87
- Hex
- #F9F2E7#F7EFE3 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter. 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: Powdered reads slightly lighter than Cotton White 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 Powdered is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Milk Mustache DE6169ΔE 1.09 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
- White Fever DEW345ΔE 1.11 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Fresh Snow DET679ΔE 1.16 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Cotton White HGSW7104 matched across all 13 brands →