HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Whole Wheat HGSW6121
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Adobe (DEC726), at ΔE 1.10 — near-exact.
Adobe is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.10 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 Adobe really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.10near-exact
- LRV
- 46HGTV Home is 48
- Hex
- #D1B791#CDB592 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: Adobe reads slightly lighter than Whole Wheat 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 Adobe is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- High Noon DEC743ΔE 1.41 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Warm and Toasty DET646ΔE 2.04 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
- Oak Harbor DE6179ΔE 2.83 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Whole Wheat HGSW6121 matched across all 13 brands →