Calamine
No. 230 · #E2D0CA · LRV 66 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pale Cherry Blossom61
- 3Calamine66
- 4First Light76
- 5Pink Bliss82
What Color Is Calamine, Really?
Calamine reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Farrow & Ball No. 230 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Calamine
Calamine is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Calamine
At LRV 66, Calamine is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Calamine are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Farrow & Ball No. 230 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Mocha IceN150-1 · Behr | 2.7 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Morristown Cream1241 · Benjamin Moore | 0.7 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tender Shell1006-10C · Valspar | 1.0 | 64.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | China SilkPPG1060-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.4 | 66 | Color page → |
| Glidden | China SilkPPG1060-2 · Glidden | 0.6 | 66 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Thinking Pink305-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.5 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar Farrow & Ball Colors
The nearest shades to Calamine within Farrow & Ball's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E2D0CA in HSL space. Pair Calamine with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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