Buttermilk vs Calamine
Buttermilk is a Dulux color while Calamine comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Buttermilk belongs to the beige family and Calamine to the pink-red family. At LRV 77 vs 68, Buttermilk will read as the brighter of the two — a 9-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 15.4, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Buttermilk vs Calamine in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Buttermilk 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Buttermilk returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Buttermilk will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Calamine would.
Color Details
Buttermilk vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Buttermilk 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 Buttermilk comparisons
See how Buttermilk stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 69) makes Buttermilk the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 52, Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 30, Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 60, Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 43, Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (84 vs 77) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 21, Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttermilk reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 77 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Buttermilk reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 77 vs 41, Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 31, Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.