HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Utterly Beige HGSW6080
The closest PPG colour is El Capitan (PPG1020-4), at ΔE 0.89 — indistinguishable.
El Capitan is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.89 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 PPG
Most people comparing HGTV Home to PPG 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 El Capitan really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.89indistinguishable
- LRV
- 38HGTV Home is 39
- Hex
- #B7A696#B5A597 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and PPG publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: El Capitan reads slightly lighter than Utterly Beige in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other PPG options
Worth knowing if El Capitan is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Neutral Wheat 10YY 35/094ΔE 1.87 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
- Cuppa Coffee PPG1076-4ΔE 1.96 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Notorious PPG1074-4ΔE 2.16 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Utterly Beige HGSW6080 matched across all 13 brands →