HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Gold Market HGSW1202
The closest PPG colour is Curry Sauce (PPG1210-7), at ΔE 1.05 — near-exact.
Curry Sauce is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.05 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 PPG
Most people comparing HGTV Home to PPG 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 Curry Sauce really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.05near-exact
- LRV
- 38HGTV Home is 39
- Hex
- #D6A332#D6A02B in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and PPG publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Curry Sauce reads slightly lighter than Gold Market in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other PPG options
Worth knowing if Curry Sauce is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Brass Mesh PPG1209-6ΔE 4.18 · close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
- Yarrow PPG1214-7ΔE 4.39 · close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
- Mayan Treasure PPG1208-6ΔE 5.00 · 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 Gold Market HGSW1202 matched across all 13 brands →