Green Gold vs Calamine
Where Green Gold belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Green Gold reads as beige-green, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Green Gold (LRV 46), a difference of 22 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 21.1, 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.
Green Gold vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Green Gold 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 LRV gap is large enough that Calamine will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Green Gold 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. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Green Gold.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Green Gold.
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 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. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Green Gold.
Color Details
Green Gold vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Green Gold 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 Green Gold comparisons
See how Green Gold stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Green Gold reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 30, Green Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 46, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Green Gold reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 46 vs 4, Green Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Green Gold reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 46, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 21, Green Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where Green Gold encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 46), opening up a space where Green Gold encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where Green Gold encloses it.
Green Gold reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where Green Gold encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (46 vs 41) makes Green Gold the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 25, Green Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
Green Gold reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 46 vs 31, Green Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 7, Green Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 24, Green Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (57 vs 46) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 46, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.