HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Georgian Bay HGSW6509
The closest Valspar colour is Journey Into Night (V032-3), at ΔE 1.79 — near-exact.
Journey Into Night is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.79 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 Valspar
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Valspar 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 Journey Into Night really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.79near-exact
- LRV
- 10.71HGTV Home is 11
- Hex
- #016784#22657F in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Journey Into Night reads slightly lighter than Georgian Bay in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Journey Into Night is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Pacific Pleasure 5009-10ΔE 2.28 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.4 points lower.
- Deep Universe 8002-42FΔE 2.56 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Chintz 8002-43FΔE 2.99 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Georgian Bay HGSW6509 matched across all 13 brands →