HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Trailside Tan HGSW3125
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Sandal (DEC715), at ΔE 1.99 — near-exact.
Sandal is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.99 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 Sandal really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.99near-exact
- LRV
- 42HGTV Home is 43
- Hex
- #C8AE96#C5A88D in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Sandal reads slightly lighter than Trailside Tan 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 Sandal is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Dover Plains DE6116ΔE 2.06 · very close · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift.
- Iced Coffee DEBN48ΔE 2.64 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
- Cliff Brown DEC711ΔE 2.83 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Trailside Tan HGSW3125 matched across all 13 brands →