Chic Taupe vs Calamine
Where Chic Taupe belongs to Behr's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Chic Taupe reads as beige-greige, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Chic Taupe (LRV 33), a difference of 35 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Chic Taupe runs red while Calamine is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 22.3, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chic Taupe vs Calamine in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chic Taupe and Calamine in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Calamine will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Chic Taupe would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Chic Taupe.
Color Details
Chic Taupe vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chic Taupe on one side and Calamine on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
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