HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Intellectual Gray HGSW7045
The closest Valspar colour is Gray Silt (6002-1C), at ΔE 1.36 — near-exact.
Gray Silt is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.36 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 Gray Silt really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.36near-exact
- LRV
- 35.88HGTV Home is 36
- Hex
- #A9A191#A8A093 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Gray Silt reads slightly lighter than Intellectual Gray 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 Gray Silt is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Graceful Gray 8006-2EΔE 1.53 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Smoked Oyster 6005-1CΔE 1.64 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift.
- Tornado Watch 6002-2AΔE 1.83 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Intellectual Gray HGSW7045 matched across all 13 brands →