Lavender Scent vs Skimming Stone
Where Lavender Scent belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Lavender Scent reads as grey, while Skimming Stone reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (68 vs 68), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. With a ΔE of 10.5, 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.
Lavender Scent vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Lavender Scent 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Lavender Scent vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lavender Scent 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 Lavender Scent comparisons
See how Lavender Scent stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 68, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 68 vs 6, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Lavender Scent the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 27, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 13, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 68), opening up a space where Lavender Scent encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Lavender Scent reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.