HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Etruscan Gold HGSW2195
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Sweet Honey Maple (DESS20), at ΔE 1.55 — near-exact.
Sweet Honey Maple is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.55 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 Sweet Honey Maple really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.55near-exact
- LRV
- 46HGTV Home is 48
- Hex
- #DAB176#D5B176 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Sweet Honey Maple reads slightly lighter than Etruscan Gold 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 Sweet Honey Maple is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Maize DET473ΔE 1.72 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Wheat Bread DE5360ΔE 2.64 · very close · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Warm Butterscotch DE6151ΔE 3.03 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Etruscan Gold HGSW2195 matched across all 13 brands →