Soft Truffle vs Skimming Stone
Where Soft Truffle belongs to Dulux's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Soft Truffle (LRV 42), a difference of 26 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 16.0, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soft Truffle vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Soft Truffle 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 Soft Truffle 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 Soft Truffle.
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 Soft Truffle.
Color Details
Soft Truffle vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft Truffle 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 Soft Truffle comparisons
See how Soft Truffle stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 42, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Truffle encloses it.
Soft Truffle reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (42 vs 30) makes Soft Truffle the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 42, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Truffle encloses it.
Soft Truffle reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 42 vs 4, Soft Truffle is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Truffle encloses it.
Soft Truffle reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 44 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 42, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 21, Soft Truffle is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Truffle encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Truffle encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 42), opening up a space where Soft Truffle encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (51 vs 42) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
Soft Truffle reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Soft Truffle reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Soft Truffle reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (42 vs 31) makes Soft Truffle the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 42 vs 7, Soft Truffle is decisively the brighter choice.