Teal Touch vs Bancha
Where Teal Touch belongs to Dulux's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Teal Touch belongs to the blue family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Teal Touch (LRV 24) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 11 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Teal Touch runs cool while Bancha is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 42.5, 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.
Teal Touch vs Bancha in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Teal Touch 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 Teal Touch will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bancha would.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Teal Touch reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
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. Teal Touch reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Teal Touch vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Teal Touch 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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