Luscious Lime vs Babouche
Where Luscious Lime belongs to Behr's range, Babouche is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Luscious Lime belongs to the beige-yellow family and Babouche to the beige family. Babouche (LRV 57) reflects noticeably more light than Luscious Lime (LRV 30), a difference of 27 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Luscious Lime runs yellow while Babouche is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 18.3, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Luscious Lime vs Babouche in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Luscious Lime and Babouche 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 Babouche will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Luscious Lime would.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Babouche reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Luscious Lime.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Babouche returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Babouche reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Luscious Lime.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Babouche reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Luscious Lime.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Babouche will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Luscious Lime would.
Color Details
Luscious Lime vs Babouche Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Luscious Lime on one side and Babouche 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 Luscious Lime comparisons
See how Luscious Lime stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 30, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 30 vs 6, Luscious Lime is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 30), opening up a space where Luscious Lime encloses it.
With LRVs of 30 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 52 vs 30, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 30), opening up a space where Luscious Lime encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 30, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (30 vs 27) makes Luscious Lime the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 30), opening up a space where Luscious Lime encloses it.
Luscious Lime reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 13, Luscious Lime is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 30, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Luscious Lime encloses it.
Luscious Lime reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 30, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 30, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 12, Luscious Lime is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 30, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Luscious Lime encloses it.
Luscious Lime reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 30 vs 12, Luscious Lime is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 30, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Luscious Lime reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Luscious Lime reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 30), opening up a space where Luscious Lime encloses it.