HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Nuance HGSW7049
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Watermist (DE6240), at ΔE 0.89 — indistinguishable.
Watermist is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.89 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 Dunn-Edwards
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Dunn-Edwards 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 Watermist really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.89indistinguishable
- LRV
- 71HGTV Home is 74
- Hex
- #E6E3D8#E2E0D6 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Watermist reads slightly lighter than Nuance in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Dunn-Edwards options
Worth knowing if Watermist is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Winter's Edge DESS40ΔE 1.20 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift.
- Pearly Star DE6268ΔE 1.26 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Trade Winds DET647ΔE 1.42 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Nuance HGSW7049 matched across all 13 brands →