Putting Green vs Calamine
Where Putting Green belongs to Dulux's range, Calamine is a Farrow & Ball color. Putting Green reads as green-yellow, while Calamine reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Calamine (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Putting Green (LRV 47), a difference of 20 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Putting Green runs neutral while Calamine is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 23.6, 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.
Putting Green vs Calamine in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Putting Green 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 Putting Green 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 Putting Green.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Calamine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Putting Green.
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 Putting Green.
Color Details
Putting Green vs Calamine Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Putting Green 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 Putting Green comparisons
See how Putting Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 47), opening up a space where Putting Green encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 47, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Putting Green reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (52 vs 47) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 30, Putting Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 47, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Putting Green reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (47 vs 43) makes Putting Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 4, Putting Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Putting Green reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Putting Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 47, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 21, Putting Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 47), opening up a space where Putting Green encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 47), opening up a space where Putting Green encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 47), opening up a space where Putting Green encloses it.
Putting Green reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 47), opening up a space where Putting Green encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (47 vs 41) makes Putting Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 25, Putting Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Putting Green reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 47 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 47 vs 31, Putting Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 7, Putting Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 24, Putting Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (57 vs 47) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 47, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.