Purple Purity vs Skimming Stone
Where Purple Purity belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Purple Purity reads as blue-purple, while Skimming Stone reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Purple Purity (LRV 59), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 18.2, 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.
Purple Purity vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Purple Purity 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 Purple Purity 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 Purple Purity.
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 Purple Purity.
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 Purple Purity.
Color Details
Purple Purity vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Purple Purity 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 Purple Purity comparisons
See how Purple Purity stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Purple Purity encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (69 vs 59) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Purple Purity reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (59 vs 52) makes Purple Purity the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 30, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
Purple Purity reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 59 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Purple Purity reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 43, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 4, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
Purple Purity reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Purple Purity reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Purple Purity reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 59, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 21, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 59), opening up a space where Purple Purity encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Purple Purity encloses it.
Purple Purity reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 41, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (68 vs 59) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 25, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
Purple Purity reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Purple Purity reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 31, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 7, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 24, Purple Purity is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 59, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.