HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Lichen & Liverwort HGSW3243
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Galápagos Green (475), at ΔE 1.80 — near-exact.
Galápagos Green is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.80 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 Galápagos Green really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.80near-exact
- LRV
- 21.49HGTV Home is 21
- Hex
- #7B8068#7F8266 in HGTV Home
The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Galápagos Green reads slightly darker than Lichen & Liverwort in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Galápagos Green is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Mossy Oak CC-600ΔE 1.80 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.5 points higher.
- Great Barrington Green HC-122ΔE 2.02 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Tate Olive HC-112ΔE 2.04 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.6 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Lichen & Liverwort HGSW3243 matched across all 13 brands →