Chocolate Froth vs Bancha
Where Chocolate Froth belongs to Behr's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Chocolate Froth belongs to the beige-greige family and Bancha to the beige-green family. Chocolate Froth (LRV 67) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 54 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Chocolate Froth runs red while Bancha is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 44.2, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chocolate Froth vs Bancha in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chocolate Froth and Bancha 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 Chocolate Froth will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bancha would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Chocolate Froth reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
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. Chocolate Froth reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Chocolate Froth vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chocolate Froth on one side and Bancha 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.
More Chocolate Froth comparisons
See how Chocolate Froth stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 67), opening up a space where Chocolate Froth encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 52, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 30, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (67 vs 60) makes Chocolate Froth the marginally brighter of the two.
Chocolate Froth reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 43, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 4, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 67, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 21, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 67 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 67), opening up a space where Chocolate Froth encloses it.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 67 vs 41, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 67 vs 25, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Chocolate Froth reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 31, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 7, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 24, Chocolate Froth is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (67 vs 57) makes Chocolate Froth the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (72 vs 67) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.