Evening Star vs Bancha
Evening Star (Cloverdale Paint) and Bancha (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Evening Star belongs to the beige family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. The 57-point LRV gap — 70 for Evening Star vs 13 for Bancha — means Evening Star will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 57.8 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.
Evening Star vs Bancha in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Evening Star and Bancha 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. Evening Star reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
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. Evening Star 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. Evening Star 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 Evening Star will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bancha 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. Evening Star returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Evening Star vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Evening Star on one side and Bancha 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 Evening Star comparisons
See how Evening Star stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 70, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 6, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 52, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening Star reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 70 vs 58, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 27, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 55, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 44, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 70), opening up a space where Evening Star encloses it.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes Evening Star the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 70, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 12, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 8, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 12, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 45, Evening Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Evening Star reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.