HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Summer Sunflower HGSW1162
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Sunflower Fields (174), at ΔE 1.56 — near-exact.
Sunflower Fields is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.56 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 Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore 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 Sunflower Fields really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.56near-exact
- LRV
- 49.07HGTV Home is 50
- Hex
- #F5B54F#F2AF46 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.9 points lower.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Sunflower Fields reads slightly lighter than Summer Sunflower in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Sunflower Fields is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Yellow Marigold 2155-30ΔE 2.59 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 7.7 points lower.
- Pan for Gold 181ΔE 3.00 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.4 points lower.
- Citrus Blast 2018-30ΔE 3.47 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.7 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Summer Sunflower HGSW1162 matched across all 13 brands →