HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Sea Island Cotton HGSW3365
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Lake Placid (DE6318), at ΔE 1.81 — near-exact.
Lake Placid is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.81 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 Lake Placid really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.81near-exact
- LRV
- 44HGTV Home is 45
- Hex
- #AEB9BC#ADB5B9 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Lake Placid reads slightly lighter than Sea Island Cotton 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 Lake Placid is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Yreka! DET594ΔE 1.91 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Crestline DE6325ΔE 1.94 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Adirondack DE6339ΔE 2.23 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Sea Island Cotton HGSW3365 matched across all 13 brands →