Melted Butter vs Calamine
Where Melted Butter belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Melted Butter reads as beige-yellow, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Melted Butter (LRV 77) reflects noticeably more light than Calamine (LRV 68), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Melted Butter runs yellow while Calamine is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 19.6, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below, 5 simulated room previews show how each color reads at scale — real-room photos will be added as they become available.
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Melted Butter vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Melted Butter 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 Melted Butter comparisons
See how Melted Butter stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 69) makes Melted Butter the marginally brighter of the two.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 52, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 30, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 60, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 43, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 4, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (84 vs 77) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 21, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
Melted Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 77 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Melted Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 77 vs 41, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 25, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Melted Butter reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 31, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 7, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 24, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 57, Melted Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (77 vs 72) makes Melted Butter the marginally brighter of the two.