Hot Springs vs Calamine
Hot Springs (Cloverdale Paint) and Calamine (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Hot Springs belongs to the greige-grey family and Calamine to the pink-red family. The 33-point LRV gap — 68 for Calamine vs 35 for Hot Springs — means Calamine will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 20.9 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.
Hot Springs vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Hot Springs 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. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hot Springs.
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. Calamine 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. Calamine 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 Calamine will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Hot Springs 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. Calamine returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Hot Springs vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs comparisons
See how Hot Springs stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 35, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Hot Springs reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 35, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (35 vs 30) makes Hot Springs the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 35, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
Hot Springs reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (43 vs 35) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 4, Hot Springs is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
Hot Springs reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 35, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 35 vs 21, Hot Springs is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
Hot Springs reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 35), opening up a space where Hot Springs encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (41 vs 35) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (35 vs 25) makes Hot Springs the marginally brighter of the two.
Hot Springs reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (35 vs 31) makes Hot Springs the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 7, Hot Springs is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (35 vs 24) makes Hot Springs the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 57 vs 35, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 35, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.