Fine Cream vs Calamine
Where Fine Cream belongs to Dulux's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Fine Cream belongs to the beige-yellow family and Calamine to the pink-red family. Fine Cream (LRV 90) reflects noticeably more light than Calamine (LRV 68), a difference of 22 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 12.4, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fine Cream vs Calamine in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fine Cream 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 Fine Cream will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Calamine 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. Fine Cream reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Calamine.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Fine Cream reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Calamine.
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. Fine Cream returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Fine Cream vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fine Cream 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 Fine Cream comparisons
See how Fine Cream stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Fine Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 90 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 90 vs 69, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 52, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 30, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 60, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 43, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 4, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (90 vs 84) makes Fine Cream the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 90 vs 21, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 74), opening up a space where Shoji White encloses it.
Fine Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 90 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 41, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 25, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Fine Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 31, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 7, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 24, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 57, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 72, Fine Cream is decisively the brighter choice.