Steel Symphony 4 vs Bancha
Where Steel Symphony 4 belongs to Dulux's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Steel Symphony 4 belongs to the blue-grey family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Steel Symphony 4 (LRV 54) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 41 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Steel Symphony 4 runs cool while Bancha is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 41.9, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Steel Symphony 4 vs Bancha in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Steel Symphony 4 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 Steel Symphony 4 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. Steel Symphony 4 reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Steel Symphony 4 vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Steel Symphony 4 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.
More Steel Symphony 4 comparisons
See how Steel Symphony 4 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 54 vs 6, Steel Symphony 4 is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Steel Symphony 4 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
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Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (58 vs 54) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 27, Steel Symphony 4 is decisively the brighter choice.
Steel Symphony 4 reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Steel Symphony 4 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (54 vs 44) makes Steel Symphony 4 the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 54), opening up a space where Steel Symphony 4 encloses it.
Steel Symphony 4 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (66 vs 54) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 54, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 54, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Steel Symphony 4 reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Steel Symphony 4 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 8, Steel Symphony 4 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Steel Symphony 4 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Steel Symphony 4 is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (54 vs 45) makes Steel Symphony 4 the marginally brighter of the two.
Steel Symphony 4 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Steel Symphony 4 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.