Cameo vs Calamine
Cameo (Cloverdale Paint) and Calamine (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Cameo belongs to the beige-yellow family and Calamine to the pink-red family. The 3-point LRV gap — 70 for Cameo vs 68 for Calamine — means Cameo will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 11.1 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.
Cameo vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cameo 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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. 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.
Color Details
Cameo vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cameo 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 Cameo comparisons
See how Cameo stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 70 vs 27, Cameo is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 70 vs 55, Cameo is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 44, Cameo is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 70 vs 12, Cameo is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 70 vs 12, Cameo is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 45, Cameo is decisively the brighter choice.
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