HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Windswept Canyon HGSW9010
The closest PPG colour is Clay Fire (PPG1070-4), at ΔE 1.46 — near-exact.
Clay Fire is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.46 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 Clay Fire really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.46near-exact
- LRV
- 42HGTV Home is 43
- Hex
- #D8A686#DBA480 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: Clay Fire reads slightly lighter than Windswept Canyon 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 Clay Fire is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Orange Clay PPG1200-4ΔE 2.44 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Orange Maple PPG1069-4ΔE 2.51 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
- Orange Liqueur PPG1198-4ΔE 3.56 · close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Windswept Canyon HGSW9010 matched across all 13 brands →