Night Club vs Calamine
Night Club (Behr) and Calamine (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Night Club belongs to the grey family and Calamine to the pink-red family. The 60-point LRV gap — 68 for Calamine vs 7 for Night Club — means Calamine will open up a space more effectively. Where Night Club leans blue, Calamine reads warm — a distinction that shifts noticeably depending on the light source and surrounding finishes. A ΔE of 54.5 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Night Club vs Calamine in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Night Club 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.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Calamine returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Calamine returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Night Club vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Night Club 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.
More Night Club comparisons
See how Night Club stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 7, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 7 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 7, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 7, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 7, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
With LRVs of 7 and 4, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 55 vs 7, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (13 vs 7) makes Bancha the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 7, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
Artichoke reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 7, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 7, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 7, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (12 vs 7) makes Pewter Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 7, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
Treron reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (12 vs 7) makes Vintage Vogue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 7, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
With LRVs of 7 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Cement grey reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 7), opening up a space where Night Club encloses it.