Coastal Grey vs Bancha
Where Coastal Grey belongs to Dulux's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Coastal Grey belongs to the blue-grey family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Coastal Grey (LRV 56) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 43 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Coastal Grey runs cool while Bancha is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 42.7, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Coastal Grey vs Bancha in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Coastal Grey 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 Coastal Grey will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bancha would.
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. Coastal Grey reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Coastal Grey reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Coastal Grey vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Coastal Grey 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.
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