Dusted Heather vs Calamine
Where Dusted Heather belongs to Dulux's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Dusted Heather belongs to the grey family and Calamine to the pink-red family. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Dusted Heather (LRV 35), a difference of 33 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 21.3, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dusted Heather vs Calamine in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Dusted Heather 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. The LRV gap is large enough that Calamine will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dusted Heather 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. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dusted Heather.
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. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dusted Heather.
Color Details
Dusted Heather vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dusted Heather 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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