Cotton Knit vs Skimming Stone
Cotton Knit (Behr) and Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 6-point LRV gap — 74 for Cotton Knit vs 68 for Skimming Stone — means Cotton Knit will open up a space more effectively. Where Cotton Knit leans red, Skimming Stone reads warm — a distinction that shifts noticeably depending on the light source and surrounding finishes. ΔE 3.3 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cotton Knit vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Cotton Knit and Skimming Stone are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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. Cotton Knit reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen Cabinets
Cabinet color is always seen in context — against countertops, backsplash, and hardware — which amplifies undertone differences that might disappear on a plain wall. Cotton Knit has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Cotton Knit vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cotton Knit 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 Cotton Knit comparisons
See how Cotton Knit stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Cotton Knit the marginally brighter of the two.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 43, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 4, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 21, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Knit reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 41, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Cotton Knit the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 25, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Cotton Knit reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 31, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 7, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 24, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 57, Cotton Knit is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.