HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Emerging Taupe HGSW6045
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Frontier Land (DE6074), at ΔE 1.17 — near-exact.
Frontier Land is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.17 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 Frontier Land really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.17near-exact
- LRV
- 37HGTV Home is 38
- Hex
- #BCA59A#B8A196 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: Frontier Land reads slightly lighter than Emerging Taupe 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 Frontier Land is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Bidwell Brown DET698ΔE 2.26 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Crushed Stone DE6067ΔE 3.13 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Doe Eyed DEBN09ΔE 3.23 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Emerging Taupe HGSW6045 matched across all 13 brands →