Mist vs Calamine
Mist (Cloverdale Paint) and Calamine (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Mist belongs to the greige-grey family and Calamine to the pink-red family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 69 vs 68 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. ΔE 7.6 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mist vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Mist and Calamine are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Mist vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mist 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 Mist comparisons
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At LRV 69 vs 27, Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 69 vs 55, Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 44, Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 4-point LRV gap (69 vs 66) makes Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
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