Stillwater vs Skimming Stone
Stillwater (Cloverdale Paint) and Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Stillwater belongs to the blue family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. The 19-point LRV gap — 68 for Skimming Stone vs 49 for Stillwater — means Skimming Stone will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 22.8 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Stillwater vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Stillwater 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Skimming Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Stillwater.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Skimming Stone returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Skimming Stone returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Skimming Stone returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Stillwater vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Stillwater 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 Stillwater comparisons
See how Stillwater stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 49), opening up a space where Stillwater encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 49, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 6, Stillwater is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Stillwater reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (58 vs 49) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 27, Stillwater is decisively the brighter choice.
Stillwater reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Stillwater reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 13, Stillwater is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Stillwater the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 49), opening up a space where Stillwater encloses it.
Stillwater reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 49, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 49, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 49, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Stillwater is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 8, Stillwater is decisively the brighter choice.
Stillwater reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Stillwater is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Stillwater the marginally brighter of the two.
Stillwater reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Stillwater reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.