Flax Flower vs Purbeck Stone
Where Flax Flower belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Purbeck Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Flax Flower belongs to the beige family and Purbeck Stone to the greige-grey family. Flax Flower (LRV 76) reflects noticeably more light than Purbeck Stone (LRV 52), a difference of 24 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 12.8, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Flax Flower vs Purbeck Stone in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Flax Flower 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
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 Flax Flower will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Purbeck Stone 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. Flax Flower reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Purbeck Stone.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Flax Flower reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Purbeck Stone.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Flax Flower returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Flax Flower reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Purbeck Stone.
Color Details
Flax Flower vs Purbeck Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Flax Flower 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 Flax Flower comparisons
See how Flax Flower stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Flax Flower reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (83 vs 76) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 6, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 52, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 58, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 27, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 55, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 13, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 44, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (76 vs 66) makes Flax Flower the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (83 vs 76) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 8, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Flax Flower the marginally brighter of the two.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 45, Flax Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Flax Flower reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.