HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Pale Apricot HGSW1126
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Sundown (DE5268), at ΔE 1.68 — near-exact.
Sundown is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.68 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 Sundown really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.68near-exact
- LRV
- 59HGTV Home is 62
- Hex
- #F5C99E#F4C69F in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. 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: Sundown reads slightly lighter than Pale Apricot 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 Sundown is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Allspice DE5247ΔE 1.97 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted.
- Peaches 'n' Cream DET451ΔE 2.47 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift.
- Madrid Beige DE5255ΔE 2.75 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 8.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Pale Apricot HGSW1126 matched across all 13 brands →