Marlboro Blue vs Calamine
Where Marlboro Blue belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Marlboro Blue reads as blue, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Marlboro Blue (LRV 46), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Marlboro Blue runs blue while Calamine is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 25.5, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Marlboro Blue vs Calamine in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Marlboro Blue 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.
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 Marlboro Blue.
Color Details
Marlboro Blue vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Marlboro Blue 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 Marlboro Blue comparisons
See how Marlboro Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 46, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 46 vs 6, Marlboro Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Marlboro Blue reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 46), opening up a space where Marlboro Blue encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (58 vs 46) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 27, Marlboro Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 46 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Marlboro Blue reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (55 vs 46) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 13, Marlboro Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 46), opening up a space where Marlboro Blue encloses it.
Marlboro Blue reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 46, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 46, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 46, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Marlboro Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 46, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Marlboro Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Marlboro Blue reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Marlboro Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Marlboro Blue reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Marlboro Blue reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Marlboro Blue reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 46), opening up a space where Marlboro Blue encloses it.