Pompeii Ruins vs Calamine
Where Pompeii Ruins belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Pompeii Ruins reads as blue, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Pompeii Ruins (LRV 56), a difference of 12 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 17.4, 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.
Pompeii Ruins vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pompeii Ruins 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 Pompeii Ruins 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 Pompeii Ruins.
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 Pompeii Ruins.
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 Pompeii Ruins.
Color Details
Pompeii Ruins vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pompeii Ruins 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 Pompeii Ruins comparisons
See how Pompeii Ruins stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 56 vs 6, Pompeii Ruins is decisively the brighter choice.
Pompeii Ruins reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Pompeii Ruins the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 27, Pompeii Ruins is decisively the brighter choice.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 56 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 13, Pompeii Ruins is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 44, Pompeii Ruins is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 56), opening up a space where Pompeii Ruins encloses it.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (66 vs 56) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 56, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 56, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Pompeii Ruins is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 56, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Pompeii Ruins is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (56 vs 45) makes Pompeii Ruins the marginally brighter of the two.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Pompeii Ruins reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
With LRVs of 57 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 56), opening up a space where Pompeii Ruins encloses it.