Noteworthy vs Calamine
Noteworthy (Cloverdale Paint) and Calamine (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Noteworthy belongs to the pink family and Calamine to the pink-red family. The 13-point LRV gap — 68 for Calamine vs 55 for Noteworthy — means Calamine will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 13.7 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.
Noteworthy vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Noteworthy 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 Noteworthy.
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 Noteworthy 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
Noteworthy vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Noteworthy 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 Noteworthy comparisons
See how Noteworthy stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 55 vs 6, Noteworthy is decisively the brighter choice.
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Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 55 vs 27, Noteworthy is decisively the brighter choice.
Noteworthy reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Noteworthy reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 13, Noteworthy is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes Noteworthy the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 74 vs 55, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 55, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Noteworthy reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Noteworthy is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 8, Noteworthy is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 55 vs 12, Noteworthy is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Noteworthy the marginally brighter of the two.
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