Pale Petunia vs Skimming Stone
Pale Petunia is a Cloverdale Paint color while Skimming Stone comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Pale Petunia belongs to the pink-red family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. At LRV 68 vs 63, Skimming Stone will read as the brighter of the two — a 5-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. At ΔE 17.6, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pale Petunia vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pale Petunia 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Skimming Stone has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The brightness difference is modest but present — Skimming Stone gives the walls a little more lift.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The brightness difference is modest but present — Skimming Stone gives the walls a little more lift.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The brightness difference is modest but present — Skimming Stone gives the walls a little more lift.
Color Details
Pale Petunia vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Petunia 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 Pale Petunia comparisons
See how Pale Petunia stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 63, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 63 vs 6, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Pale Petunia the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 63 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Pale Petunia the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 27, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (63 vs 55) makes Pale Petunia the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 13, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 44, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 63), opening up a space where Pale Petunia encloses it.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (74 vs 63) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 63, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Calamine reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 45, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Pale Petunia reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.