HGTV Home → Dutch Boy
Dutch Boy equivalent of HGTV Home Netsuke HGSW6134
The closest Dutch Boy colour is Echoing Valley (320-1DB), at ΔE 0.98 — indistinguishable.
Echoing Valley is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.98 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 Dutch Boy
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Dutch Boy 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 Echoing Valley really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.98indistinguishable
- LRV
- 64HGTV Home is 63
- Hex
- #E0CFAD#E0CFB0 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
HGTV Home and Dutch Boy publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Echoing Valley reads slightly darker than Netsuke in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Dutch Boy options
Worth knowing if Echoing Valley is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Barely Beige 316-1DBΔE 1.29 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 3.0 points higher.
- Odyssey Beige 317-1DBΔE 1.62 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 4.0 points higher.
- Oyster Mushroom 216-1DBΔE 1.91 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Netsuke HGSW6134 matched across all 13 brands →