Ash Glaze vs Purbeck Stone
Ash Glaze (Cloverdale Paint) and Purbeck Stone (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Ash Glaze belongs to the beige-greige family and Purbeck Stone to the greige-grey family. The 8-point LRV gap — 52 for Purbeck Stone vs 44 for Ash Glaze — means Purbeck Stone will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 12.4 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Ash Glaze vs Purbeck Stone in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Ash Glaze and Purbeck Stone 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Purbeck Stone has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Purbeck Stone has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The brightness difference is modest but present — Purbeck Stone gives the walls a little more lift.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Purbeck Stone has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Ash Glaze vs Purbeck Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ash Glaze on one side and Purbeck Stone 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 Ash Glaze comparisons
See how Ash Glaze stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 44 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 44 vs 7, Ash Glaze is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 24, Ash Glaze is decisively the brighter choice.
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