HGTV Home → Dutch Boy
Dutch Boy equivalent of HGTV Home Tint of Honey HGSW1187
The closest Dutch Boy colour is Little Star (116-1DB), at ΔE 0.51 — indistinguishable.
Little Star is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.51 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 Dutch Boy
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Dutch Boy 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 Little Star really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.51indistinguishable
- LRV
- 83HGTV Home is 82
- Hex
- #F0EAD9#F1EAD8 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
HGTV Home and Dutch Boy publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Little Star reads slightly darker than Tint of Honey in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Dutch Boy options
Worth knowing if Little Star is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Split Banana 118-1DBΔE 0.97 · indistinguishable · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 4.0 points higher.
- White Linen 007WΔE 1.08 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Shelled White 008WΔE 1.23 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Tint of Honey HGSW1187 matched across all 13 brands →