Davenport Tan vs Calamine
Where Davenport Tan belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Davenport Tan belongs to the beige-greige family and Calamine to the pink-red family. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Davenport Tan (LRV 20), a difference of 47 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Davenport Tan runs red while Calamine is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 35.0, 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.
Davenport Tan vs Calamine in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Davenport Tan 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 Davenport Tan 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 Davenport Tan.
Color Details
Davenport Tan vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Davenport Tan 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 Davenport Tan comparisons
See how Davenport Tan stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 20, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.
At LRV 20 vs 6, Davenport Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 20, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 20, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (27 vs 20) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.
Davenport Tan reflects far more light (LRV 20 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 20, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (20 vs 13) makes Davenport Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 20, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.
With LRVs of 21 and 20, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 66 vs 20, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 20, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 20, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (20 vs 12) makes Davenport Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 20, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.
Treron reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (20 vs 12) makes Davenport Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 20, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Davenport Tan reflects far more light (LRV 20 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Cement grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 20), opening up a space where Davenport Tan encloses it.