Money Tree vs Skimming Stone
Where Money Tree belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Money Tree belongs to the beige-pink family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Money Tree (LRV 37), a difference of 31 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 27.9, 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.
Money Tree vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Money Tree 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 Money Tree 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 Money Tree.
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 Money Tree.
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 Money Tree.
Color Details
Money Tree vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Money Tree 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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At LRV 37 vs 6, Money Tree is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 52 vs 37, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 37), opening up a space where Money Tree encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 37, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (37 vs 27) makes Money Tree the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Money Tree reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
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At LRV 37 vs 13, Money Tree is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (44 vs 37) makes Hardwick White the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 66 vs 37, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 83 vs 37, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 37), opening up a space where Money Tree encloses it.
At LRV 37 vs 12, Money Tree is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 37 vs 8, Money Tree is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 37 vs 12, Money Tree is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (45 vs 37) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
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Money Tree reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
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Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 37), opening up a space where Money Tree encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 37), opening up a space where Money Tree encloses it.