Picture Perfect vs Skimming Stone
Where Picture Perfect belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Picture Perfect belongs to the beige-yellow family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. Picture Perfect (LRV 87) reflects noticeably more light than Skimming Stone (LRV 68), a difference of 19 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 12.3, 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.
Picture Perfect vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Picture Perfect 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 Picture Perfect will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Skimming Stone 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. Picture Perfect reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Skimming Stone.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Picture Perfect reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Skimming Stone.
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. Picture Perfect reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Skimming Stone.
Color Details
Picture Perfect vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Picture Perfect 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 Picture Perfect comparisons
See how Picture Perfect stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 87 vs 69, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
Picture Perfect reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 52, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 30, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 60, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 43, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 4, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (87 vs 84) makes Picture Perfect the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 87 vs 21, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 74), opening up a space where Shoji White encloses it.
Picture Perfect reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 87 vs 51, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 41, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Picture Perfect reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 31, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 7, Picture Perfect is decisively the brighter choice.