HGTV Home → Glidden
Glidden equivalent of HGTV Home Oak Leaf Brown HGSW7054
The closest Glidden colour is Chocolate Lab (PPG1000-7), at ΔE 0.59 — indistinguishable.
Chocolate Lab is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.59 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 Glidden
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Glidden 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 Chocolate Lab really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.59indistinguishable
- LRV
- 10.31HGTV Home is 10
- Hex
- #63594B#645A4B in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness.
HGTV Home and Glidden publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Chocolate Lab reads slightly darker than Oak Leaf Brown in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Glidden options
Worth knowing if Chocolate Lab is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Cedar Brown 10YY 11/087ΔE 1.70 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.1 points higher.
- Lemur PPG1101-7ΔE 1.85 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 1.8 points higher.
- Dolce PPG1020-7ΔE 1.90 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Oak Leaf Brown HGSW7054 matched across all 13 brands →