Nantucket Breeze vs Calamine

Nantucket BreezeBenjamin MoorevsCalamineFarrow & BallΔE 13.1Distinct difference

Where Nantucket Breeze belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Nantucket Breeze reads as beige-yellow, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (65 vs 68), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Nantucket Breeze runs yellow while Calamine is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 13.1, 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.

Nantucket Breeze vs Calamine in Real Spaces

2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Nantucket Breeze 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.

Nantucket BreezeNantucket Breeze hallway color review

@murraypaint

CalamineFarrow and Ball Calamine living room paint review

@jo_foresthouse

Bedroom

The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.

Nantucket BreezeNantucket Breeze bedroom interior

@the_berk_sirs

CalamineFarrow and Ball Calamine bedroom picture

@farrowandball

Color Details

Nantucket Breeze
Benjamin Moore · 521
Hex#DBD8BC
LRV65.5
BrandBenjamin Moore
Number521
UndertoneYellow
TemperatureWarm
BrightnessLight
Calamine
Farrow & Ball · 230
Hex#e6d1cb
LRV67.5
BrandFarrow & Ball
Number230
Undertone
TemperatureWarm
BrightnessLight

Nantucket Breeze vs Calamine Simulated Comparison

5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Nantucket Breeze on one side and Calamine on the other.

Bathroom
Bedroom
House
Kitchen Cabinets
Living Room

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 Nantucket Breeze comparisons

See how Nantucket Breeze stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.

Nantucket Breeze
White Dove
Nantucket Breeze
White Dove
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Nantucket Breeze encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Ammonite
Nantucket Breeze
Ammonite
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Farrow & Ball
Ammonite
LRV 69

A 3-point LRV gap (69 vs 65) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.

Nantucket Breeze
Iron Ore
Nantucket Breeze
Iron Ore
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Purbeck Stone
Nantucket Breeze
Purbeck Stone
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

At LRV 65 vs 52, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Evergreen Fog
Nantucket Breeze
Evergreen Fog
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

At LRV 65 vs 30, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Mizzle
Nantucket Breeze
Mizzle
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Farrow & Ball
Mizzle
LRV 52

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Agreeable Gray
Nantucket Breeze
Agreeable Gray
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

A 5-point LRV gap (65 vs 60) makes Nantucket Breeze the marginally brighter of the two.

Nantucket Breeze
Accessible Beige
Nantucket Breeze
Accessible Beige

Nantucket Breeze reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Nantucket Breeze
Denim Drift
Nantucket Breeze
Denim Drift
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
French Gray
Nantucket Breeze
French Gray
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

At LRV 65 vs 43, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Naval
Nantucket Breeze
Naval
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Sherwin-Williams
Naval
LRV 4

At LRV 65 vs 4, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Tranquil Dawn
Nantucket Breeze
Tranquil Dawn
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Nantucket Breeze reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Nantucket Breeze
Bancha
Nantucket Breeze
Bancha
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Farrow & Ball
Bancha
LRV 13

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Hardwick White
Nantucket Breeze
Hardwick White
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Pure White
Nantucket Breeze
Pure White
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

At LRV 84 vs 65, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Artichoke
Nantucket Breeze
Artichoke
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Sherwin-Williams
Artichoke
LRV 21

At LRV 65 vs 21, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Balboa Mist
Nantucket Breeze
Balboa Mist
Nantucket Breeze
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

With LRVs of 66 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

Nantucket Breeze
Shoji White
Nantucket Breeze
Shoji White
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Nantucket Breeze
Snowbound
Nantucket Breeze
Snowbound
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Sherwin-Williams
Snowbound
LRV 83

Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Nantucket Breeze encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Pewter Green
Nantucket Breeze
Pewter Green
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Skimming Stone
Nantucket Breeze
Skimming Stone
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

With LRVs of 68 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

Nantucket Breeze
Dix Blue
Nantucket Breeze
Dix Blue
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Farrow & Ball
Dix Blue
LRV 41

At LRV 65 vs 41, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Treron
Nantucket Breeze
Treron
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
Farrow & Ball
Treron
LRV 25

At LRV 65 vs 25, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Vintage Vogue
Nantucket Breeze
Vintage Vogue
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Saybrook Sage
Nantucket Breeze
Saybrook Sage
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

Nantucket Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.

Nantucket Breeze
Pale Green
Nantucket Breeze
Pale Green
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
RAL ClassicClassic
Pale Green
LRV 31

At LRV 65 vs 31, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Pine Needle
Nantucket Breeze
Pine Needle
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

At LRV 65 vs 7, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Nantucket Breeze
Cement grey
Nantucket Breeze
Cement grey
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65
RAL ClassicClassic
Cement grey
LRV 24

At LRV 65 vs 24, Nantucket Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.

Guilford Green
Nantucket Breeze
Guilford Green
Nantucket Breeze
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

A 8-point LRV gap (65 vs 57) makes Nantucket Breeze the marginally brighter of the two.

Nantucket Breeze
Just Walnut
Nantucket Breeze
Just Walnut
Benjamin Moore
Nantucket Breeze
521 · LRV 65

A 7-point LRV gap (72 vs 65) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.