Bar Harbor Beige vs Skimming Stone
Bar Harbor Beige is a Benjamin Moore color while Skimming Stone comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Bar Harbor Beige belongs to the beige family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. At LRV 68 vs 51, Skimming Stone will read as the brighter of the two — a 17-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. The tonal difference — Bar Harbor Beige's red character against Skimming Stone's warm — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 12.1, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Bar Harbor Beige vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Bar Harbor Beige 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. 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
Bar Harbor Beige vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Bar Harbor Beige 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 Bar Harbor Beige comparisons
See how Bar Harbor Beige stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 51, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 51 vs 30, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 9-point LRV gap (60 vs 51) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (51 vs 43) makes Bar Harbor Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 51 vs 4, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Bar Harbor Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 51, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 21, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 51), opening up a space where Bar Harbor Beige encloses it.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (51 vs 41) makes Bar Harbor Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 51, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 25, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Bar Harbor Beige reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Bar Harbor Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 51 vs 31, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 7, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 24, Bar Harbor Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (57 vs 51) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 51, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.