Creme Brulée vs Calamine
Where Creme Brulée belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Creme Brulée belongs to the beige family and Calamine to the pink-red family. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Creme Brulée (LRV 62), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 14.9, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Creme Brulée vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Creme Brulée 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. The brightness difference is modest but present — Calamine gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Calamine reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Calamine reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Calamine has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Creme Brulée vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Creme Brulée 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 Creme Brulée comparisons
See how Creme Brulée stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 62), opening up a space where Creme Brulée encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (69 vs 62) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Creme Brulée reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Creme Brulée the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 30, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
Creme Brulée reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Creme Brulée reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Creme Brulée reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 43, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 4, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
Creme Brulée reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Creme Brulée reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Creme Brulée reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 62, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 21, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 62), opening up a space where Creme Brulée encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 62), opening up a space where Creme Brulée encloses it.
Creme Brulée reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 62 vs 41, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 25, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
Creme Brulée reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Creme Brulée reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 31, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 7, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 24, Creme Brulée is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (62 vs 57) makes Creme Brulée the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (72 vs 62) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.