HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Sociable HGSW6359
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Madrid Beige (DE5255), at ΔE 1.72 — near-exact.
Madrid Beige is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.72 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 Madrid Beige really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.72near-exact
- LRV
- 54HGTV Home is 57
- Hex
- #ECBF9F#E8BE9B in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Madrid Beige reads slightly lighter than Sociable 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 Madrid Beige is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Oakley Apricot DET445ΔE 2.11 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 7.0 points lower.
- Field of Wheat DE5262ΔE 2.79 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 9.0 points lower.
- Friar Tuck DEC714ΔE 2.81 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 8.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Sociable HGSW6359 matched across all 13 brands →