Frozen Custard vs Bancha
Where Frozen Custard belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Frozen Custard belongs to the beige family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Frozen Custard (LRV 66) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 53 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 42.4, 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.
Frozen Custard vs Bancha in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Frozen Custard 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
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 LRV gap is large enough that Frozen Custard will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bancha would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Frozen Custard reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Frozen Custard reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
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. Frozen Custard returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Frozen Custard reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Frozen Custard vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Frozen Custard 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 Frozen Custard comparisons
See how Frozen Custard stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 66, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 6, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
Frozen Custard reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Frozen Custard the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 27, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Frozen Custard the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 44, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 66), opening up a space where Frozen Custard encloses it.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 8, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 45, Frozen Custard is decisively the brighter choice.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Frozen Custard reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.