HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Sweet Orange HGSW6351
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Melon Cup (101), at ΔE 1.47 — near-exact.
Melon Cup is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.47 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 Melon Cup really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.47near-exact
- LRV
- 63.82HGTV Home is 64
- Hex
- #F0CEB6#EBCCB3 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Melon Cup reads slightly lighter than Sweet Orange 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 Melon Cup is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Raleigh Peach CW-205ΔE 1.86 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 1.4 points lower.
- Careless Whispers 1214ΔE 2.35 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.3 points lower.
- Shorewood 1151ΔE 2.46 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted. Its LRV is 7.8 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Sweet Orange HGSW6351 matched across all 13 brands →