HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Instigate HGSW1213
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Golden Bounty (294), at ΔE 1.92 — near-exact.
Golden Bounty is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.92 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 Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore 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 Golden Bounty really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.92near-exact
- LRV
- 39.52HGTV Home is 41
- Hex
- #D0A647#D1A436 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 1.5 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Golden Bounty reads slightly lighter than Instigate in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Golden Bounty is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- French Quarter Gold 287ΔE 3.40 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Fields of Gold 203ΔE 3.88 · close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 6.5 points lower.
- Glen Ridge Gold 301ΔE 4.18 · close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.9 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Instigate HGSW1213 matched across all 13 brands →