Enchanted Evening vs Skimming Stone
Where Enchanted Evening belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Enchanted Evening belongs to the blue family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Enchanted Evening (LRV 48), a difference of 20 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 34.4, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Enchanted Evening vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Enchanted Evening 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
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 Skimming Stone will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Enchanted Evening would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Skimming Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Enchanted Evening.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Skimming Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Enchanted Evening.
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. Skimming Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Enchanted Evening.
Color Details
Enchanted Evening vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Enchanted Evening 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 Enchanted Evening comparisons
See how Enchanted Evening stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 48), opening up a space where Enchanted Evening encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 48, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 6, Enchanted Evening is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Enchanted Evening reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 48), opening up a space where Enchanted Evening encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (58 vs 48) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 27, Enchanted Evening is decisively the brighter choice.
Enchanted Evening reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Enchanted Evening reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (55 vs 48) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 13, Enchanted Evening is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 44) makes Enchanted Evening the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 48), opening up a space where Enchanted Evening encloses it.
Enchanted Evening reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 48, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 48, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 48, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Enchanted Evening is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 8, Enchanted Evening is decisively the brighter choice.
Enchanted Evening reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Enchanted Evening is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Enchanted Evening reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Enchanted Evening reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.