HGTV Home → Farrow & Ball
Farrow & Ball equivalent of HGTV Home Pure Linen HGSW4043
The closest Farrow & Ball colour is Joa's White (No.226), at ΔE 0.48 — indistinguishable.
Joa's White is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.48 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 Farrow & Ball
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Farrow & Ball 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 Joa's White really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.48indistinguishable
- LRV
- 63.27HGTV Home is 63
- Hex
- #DBCFBB#DCCFBA in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness.
HGTV Home and Farrow & Ball publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Joa's White reads slightly darker than Pure Linen in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Farrow & Ball options
Worth knowing if Joa's White is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Single Cream No.9901ΔE 1.74 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.6 points higher.
- Matchstick No.2013ΔE 2.02 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.4 points higher.
- Light Sand Light SandΔE 2.12 · very close · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.6 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Pure Linen HGSW4043 matched across all 13 brands →