Empire Rose vs Skimming Stone
Empire Rose (Cloverdale Paint) and Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Empire Rose belongs to the pink-red family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. The 6-point LRV gap — 68 for Skimming Stone vs 62 for Empire Rose — means Skimming Stone will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 10.1 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.
Empire Rose vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Empire Rose 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 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. Skimming 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. Skimming Stone has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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 has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Empire Rose vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Empire Rose 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.
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A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Empire Rose the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 30, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
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Empire Rose reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 62 vs 43, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 4, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 84 vs 62, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 21, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 6-point LRV gap (68 vs 62) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 25, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 62 vs 31, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 7, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 24, Empire Rose is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (62 vs 57) makes Empire Rose the marginally brighter of the two.
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