Vintage White vs Bancha
Where Vintage White belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Vintage White (LRV 73) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 60 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 47.1, 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.
Vintage White vs Bancha in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Vintage White and Bancha 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 Vintage White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bancha 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. Vintage White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Vintage White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
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. Vintage White 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. Vintage White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Vintage White vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Vintage White on one side and Bancha 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 Vintage White comparisons
See how Vintage White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (73 vs 69) makes Vintage White the marginally brighter of the two.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 52, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 30, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 60, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 43, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 4, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 73) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 73 vs 21, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
Vintage White reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Vintage White reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 73 vs 41, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (73 vs 68) makes Vintage White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 73 vs 25, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Vintage White reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 31, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 7, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 24, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 57, Vintage White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 73 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.