Petunia Trail vs Skimming Stone
Petunia Trail is a Cloverdale Paint color while Skimming Stone comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Petunia Trail belongs to the blue-purple family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. At LRV 68 vs 47, Skimming Stone will read as the brighter of the two — a 21-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. At ΔE 23.6, 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.
Petunia Trail vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Petunia Trail 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 returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Skimming Stone will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Petunia Trail would.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The LRV gap is large enough that Skimming Stone will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Petunia Trail would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Skimming Stone will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Petunia Trail would.
Color Details
Petunia Trail vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Petunia Trail 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 Petunia Trail comparisons
See how Petunia Trail stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 47, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 6, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (52 vs 47) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (58 vs 47) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 27, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
Petunia Trail reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (55 vs 47) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 13, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (47 vs 44) makes Petunia Trail the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 47, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 47, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 47, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
Petunia Trail reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.