HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Nugget HGSW6697
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Honey Grove (DE5383), at ΔE 0.37 — indistinguishable.
Honey Grove is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.37 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 Honey Grove really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.37indistinguishable
- LRV
- 44HGTV Home is 46
- Hex
- #DCB149#DBB04A in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Honey Grove reads slightly lighter than Nugget 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 Honey Grove is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Haystacks DE5432ΔE 2.70 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
- Honey Glow DE5354ΔE 2.76 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Santa Fe Tan DE5375ΔE 2.84 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Nugget HGSW6697 matched across all 13 brands →