Little Smile vs Skimming Stone
Little Smile (Cloverdale Paint) and Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Little Smile belongs to the pink family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 68 vs 68 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 18.9 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.
Little Smile vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Little Smile 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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Little Smile vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Little Smile 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 Little Smile comparisons
See how Little Smile stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
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At LRV 68 vs 6, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
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Little Smile reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
Little Smile 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 Little Smile the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 27, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
Little Smile reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Little Smile reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 13, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 68), opening up a space where Little Smile encloses it.
Little Smile 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.
Little Smile reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 8, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
Little Smile reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Little Smile is decisively the brighter choice.
Little Smile reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Little Smile reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.