HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Searching Blue HGSW6536
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Bay View (DE5886), at ΔE 1.36 — near-exact.
Bay View is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.36 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 Bay View really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.36near-exact
- LRV
- 20HGTV Home is 21
- Hex
- #6A819E#6C7F9A 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: Bay View reads slightly lighter than Searching Blue 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 Bay View is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Lakeville DE5872ΔE 3.39 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift.
- Your Shadow DE5921ΔE 5.02 · noticeably different · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Enchanting Sky DE5900ΔE 5.12 · noticeably different · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Searching Blue HGSW6536 matched across all 13 brands →