Clear Skies vs Skimming Stone
Clear Skies (Cloverdale Paint) and Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Clear Skies belongs to the blue-grey family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. The 13-point LRV gap — 68 for Skimming Stone vs 55 for Clear Skies — means Skimming Stone will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 13.3 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Clear Skies vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Clear Skies and Skimming 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. Skimming Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Clear Skies.
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. Skimming Stone returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Skimming Stone returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Skimming Stone returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Clear Skies vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Clear Skies on one side and Skimming 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 Clear Skies comparisons
See how Clear Skies stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 55), opening up a space where Clear Skies encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 55, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 6, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
Clear Skies reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Clear Skies the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 27, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 13, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes Clear Skies the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 55), opening up a space where Clear Skies encloses it.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 55, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Clear Skies reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 8, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Clear Skies the marginally brighter of the two.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.