HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Innocence HGSW6302
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Short and Sweet (DE6023), at ΔE 1.98 — near-exact.
Short and Sweet is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.98 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 Short and Sweet really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.98near-exact
- LRV
- 63HGTV Home is 68
- Hex
- #EDD1D3#EBD1CF in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Short and Sweet reads slightly lighter than Innocence 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 Short and Sweet is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Pale Berries DE6051ΔE 2.62 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 9.0 points lower.
- Desert Mauve DE6016ΔE 2.84 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
- Misty Blush DE6044ΔE 3.16 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 11.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Innocence HGSW6302 matched across all 13 brands →