Pleasant Dream vs Skimming Stone
Where Pleasant Dream belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Pleasant Dream reads as purple, while Skimming Stone reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Pleasant Dream (LRV 26), a difference of 42 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 41.2, 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.
Pleasant Dream vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pleasant Dream 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 Pleasant Dream 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 Pleasant Dream.
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 Pleasant Dream.
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 Pleasant Dream.
Color Details
Pleasant Dream vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pleasant Dream 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 Pleasant Dream comparisons
See how Pleasant Dream stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 26, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
Pleasant Dream reflects far more light (LRV 26 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 26, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (30 vs 26) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 26, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
With LRVs of 27 and 26, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 43 vs 26, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 26 vs 4, Pleasant Dream is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
Pleasant Dream reflects far more light (LRV 26 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 26, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (26 vs 21) makes Pleasant Dream the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 26, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Pleasant Dream reflects far more light (LRV 26 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Pleasant Dream reflects far more light (LRV 26 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 26, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Pleasant Dream reflects far more light (LRV 26 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 26), opening up a space where Pleasant Dream encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (31 vs 26) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 26 vs 7, Pleasant Dream is decisively the brighter choice.