HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Waterbury Clay HGSW3494
The closest PPG colour is Winter Feather (PPG14-06), at ΔE 1.18 — near-exact.
Winter Feather is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.18 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 Winter Feather really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.18near-exact
- LRV
- 26HGTV Home is 27
- Hex
- #948E82#958D7F in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. 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: Winter Feather reads slightly lighter than Waterbury Clay 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 Winter Feather is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Eiffel Tower PPG1022-5ΔE 2.63 · very close · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift.
- Steeped Tea PPG0999-4ΔE 2.70 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points higher.
- Stone Gray PPG1023-5ΔE 2.90 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Waterbury Clay HGSW3494 matched across all 13 brands →