HGTV Home → Backdrop
Backdrop equivalent of HGTV Home White Gallery HGSW4002
The closest Backdrop colour is HARVEST MOON (HARVEST MOON), at ΔE 1.73 — near-exact.
HARVEST MOON is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.73 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 Backdrop
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Backdrop 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 HARVEST MOON really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.73near-exact
- LRV
- 84.88HGTV Home is 84
- Hex
- #F2EDE1#F5F2E9 in HGTV Home
The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 0.9 points higher.
HGTV Home and Backdrop publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: HARVEST MOON reads slightly darker than White Gallery in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Sampled from manufacturer image — treat the swatch above as indicative and confirm against a physical sample.
Other Backdrop options
Worth knowing if HARVEST MOON is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- MOONSTONE MOONSTONEΔE 3.28 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted. Its LRV is 4.2 points lower.
- SUPERMOON SUPERMOONΔE 3.29 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.8 points higher.
- MOONLIGHT MOONLIGHTΔE 3.49 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.8 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home White Gallery HGSW4002 matched across all 13 brands →