HGTV Home → Farrow & Ball
Farrow & Ball equivalent of HGTV Home Iron Ore HGSW7069
The closest Farrow & Ball colour is Grate Black (No.9920), at ΔE 1.30 — near-exact.
Grate Black is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.30 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 Farrow & Ball
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Farrow & Ball 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 Grate Black really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.30near-exact
- LRV
- 5.66HGTV Home is 6
- Hex
- #454341#434341 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, with a small hue shift.
HGTV Home and Farrow & Ball publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Grate Black reads slightly lighter than Iron Ore in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Farrow & Ball options
Worth knowing if Grate Black is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Smelt Black Smelt BlackΔE 2.63 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted. Its LRV is 1.5 points lower.
- Liquorice LiquoriceΔE 2.69 · very close · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.7 points higher.
- Pitch Black No.256ΔE 2.75 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.4 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Iron Ore HGSW7069 matched across all 13 brands →