HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Patience HGSW7555
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Oyster (DEC748), at ΔE 0.47 — indistinguishable.
Oyster is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.47 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 Oyster really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.47indistinguishable
- LRV
- 62HGTV Home is 67
- Hex
- #E3D3BF#E2D3BF in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Oyster reads slightly lighter than Patience 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 Oyster is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Sandcastle DEC740ΔE 1.02 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
- Quicksand DEC754ΔE 1.49 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 7.0 points lower.
- Floating Feather DE6142ΔE 1.50 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Patience HGSW7555 matched across all 13 brands →