Chic Lime vs Calamine
Chic Lime is a Benjamin Moore color while Calamine comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Chic Lime belongs to the beige-yellow family and Calamine to the pink-red family. With LRVs of 65 and 68, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. The tonal difference — Chic Lime's yellow character against Calamine's warm — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 47.6, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chic Lime vs Calamine in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Chic Lime 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Chic Lime vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chic Lime 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 Chic Lime comparisons
See how Chic Lime stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Chic Lime encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 52, Chic Lime is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 30, Chic Lime is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (65 vs 60) makes Chic Lime the marginally brighter of the two.
Chic Lime reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chic Lime reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 43, Chic Lime is decisively the brighter choice.
Chic Lime reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chic Lime reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 65, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chic Lime reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Chic Lime reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Chic Lime reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Chic Lime reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 31, Chic Lime is decisively the brighter choice.