Heirloom Silver vs Skimming Stone
Where Heirloom Silver belongs to Behr's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Heirloom Silver reads as grey, while Skimming Stone reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Heirloom Silver (LRV 46), a difference of 22 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Heirloom Silver runs yellow while Skimming Stone is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 12.9, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Heirloom Silver vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Heirloom Silver 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 Heirloom Silver would.
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 Heirloom Silver.
Color Details
Heirloom Silver vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Heirloom Silver 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 Heirloom Silver comparisons
See how Heirloom Silver stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 46, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 6, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (58 vs 46) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 27, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 46 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (55 vs 46) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 13, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 46, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 46, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 46, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Heirloom Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.