HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Honeyed Ginger HGSW2126
The closest PPG colour is Toffee Crunch (PPG1207-4), at ΔE 1.70 — near-exact.
Toffee Crunch is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.70 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 Toffee Crunch really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.70near-exact
- LRV
- 63HGTV Home is 64
- Hex
- #EFCEA0#F0CB97 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted. 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: Toffee Crunch reads slightly lighter than Honeyed Ginger 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 Toffee Crunch is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Ginger Peach PPG1203-4ΔE 2.21 · very close · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
- Palomino Gold 25YY 62/353ΔE 2.22 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
- Farmer's Almanac Cream 20YY 63/258ΔE 2.45 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Honeyed Ginger HGSW2126 matched across all 13 brands →