HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Vanilla Sugar HGSW3157
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Sandcastle (DEC740), at ΔE 1.54 — near-exact.
Sandcastle is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.54 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 Sandcastle really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.54near-exact
- LRV
- 65HGTV Home is 67
- Hex
- #E5D7C4#DFD3C3 in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Sandcastle reads slightly lighter than Vanilla Sugar 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 Sandcastle is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Fine Grain DE6213ΔE 1.72 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 8.0 points lower.
- Oyster DEC748ΔE 1.89 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
- Sand Dune DE6128ΔE 2.10 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Vanilla Sugar HGSW3157 matched across all 13 brands →