HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Spring Buds HGSW1247
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Perfect Pear (DE5519), at ΔE 1.68 — near-exact.
Perfect Pear is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.68 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 Perfect Pear really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.68near-exact
- LRV
- 73HGTV Home is 77
- Hex
- #E9E8BB#E9E5B3 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Perfect Pear reads slightly lighter than Spring Buds 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 Perfect Pear is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Olive Oil DE5506ΔE 2.04 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 12.0 points lower.
- Breath of Spring DE5478ΔE 2.34 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 9.0 points lower.
- Sandy Shore DE5456ΔE 2.35 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Spring Buds HGSW1247 matched across all 13 brands →