Clear Skies vs Calamine
Where Clear Skies belongs to Dulux's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Clear Skies reads as blue, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Clear Skies (LRV 75) reflects noticeably more light than Calamine (LRV 68), a difference of 7 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Clear Skies runs cool while Calamine is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 13.3, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Clear Skies vs Calamine in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Clear Skies 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.
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. Clear Skies reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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Clear Skies vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Clear Skies 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.
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