Arbor Vitae vs Calamine
Arbor Vitae (Cloverdale Paint) and Calamine (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Arbor Vitae reads as green-yellow, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. The 14-point LRV gap — 68 for Calamine vs 54 for Arbor Vitae — means Calamine will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 14.6 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Arbor Vitae vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Arbor Vitae 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Arbor Vitae.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Calamine returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Calamine returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The LRV gap is large enough that Calamine will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Arbor Vitae would.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Calamine returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Arbor Vitae vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Arbor Vitae 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 Arbor Vitae comparisons
See how Arbor Vitae stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Arbor Vitae encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 54, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Arbor Vitae reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 30, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (60 vs 54) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Arbor Vitae reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (54 vs 43) makes Arbor Vitae the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 4, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Arbor Vitae reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Arbor Vitae reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 54, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 21, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 54), opening up a space where Arbor Vitae encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Arbor Vitae encloses it.
Arbor Vitae reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 54), opening up a space where Arbor Vitae encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 41, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 25, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
Arbor Vitae reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Arbor Vitae reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 31, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 7, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 24, Arbor Vitae is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (57 vs 54) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 54, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.