HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Resort Tan HGSW7550
The closest Valspar colour is Wild Hawk (6007-2B), at ΔE 0.91 — indistinguishable.
Wild Hawk is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.91 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 Valspar
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Valspar 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 Wild Hawk really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.91indistinguishable
- LRV
- 21.84HGTV Home is 23
- Hex
- #8F7E68#907D66 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 1.2 points lower.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Wild Hawk reads slightly lighter than Resort Tan in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Wild Hawk is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Skylark V134-5ΔE 1.77 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift.
- Rugged 3008-9CΔE 1.88 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated.
- Winter Delta 3007-9BΔE 2.10 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.4 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Resort Tan HGSW7550 matched across all 13 brands →