HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Incredible White HGSW7028
The closest Valspar colour is Ballroom Belle (7001-9), at ΔE 0.50 — indistinguishable.
Ballroom Belle is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.50 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 Ballroom Belle really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.50indistinguishable
- LRV
- 73.62HGTV Home is 74
- Hex
- #E4DED7#E3DED7 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Ballroom Belle reads slightly lighter than Incredible White 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 Ballroom Belle is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Petal Smoke 8007-12GΔE 0.50 · indistinguishable · Nearly the same lightness.
- Barley 8007-12FΔE 1.18 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 3.0 points higher.
- Mink Frost V183ΔE 1.20 · near-exact · The candidate is darker. Its LRV is 3.8 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Incredible White HGSW7028 matched across all 13 brands →