Vineyard Green vs Calamine
Where Vineyard Green belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Vineyard Green belongs to the green family and Calamine to the pink-red family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (68 vs 68), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. With a ΔE of 16.1, 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.
Vineyard Green vs Calamine in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Vineyard Green 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. 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Vineyard Green vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Vineyard Green 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 Vineyard Green comparisons
See how Vineyard Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Vineyard Green encloses it.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 30, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Vineyard Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Vineyard Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 43, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 4, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 21, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Vineyard Green encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 51, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 68 vs 41, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Vineyard Green reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 31, Vineyard Green is decisively the brighter choice.