Quiet Moments vs Skimming Stone
Where Quiet Moments belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Quiet Moments belongs to the green-grey family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Quiet Moments (LRV 61), a difference of 7 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Quiet Moments runs green while Skimming Stone is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. The ΔE 7.5 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Quiet Moments vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Quiet Moments 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
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 brightness difference is modest but present — Skimming Stone gives the walls a little more lift.
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 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Quiet Moments vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Quiet Moments 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 Quiet Moments comparisons
See how Quiet Moments stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 8-point LRV gap (69 vs 61) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Quiet Moments encloses it.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Quiet Moments the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 30, Quiet Moments is decisively the brighter choice.
Quiet Moments reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Quiet Moments reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 43, Quiet Moments is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 4, Quiet Moments is decisively the brighter choice.
Quiet Moments reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 21, Quiet Moments is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Quiet Moments encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Quiet Moments encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (61 vs 51) makes Quiet Moments the marginally brighter of the two.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 41, Quiet Moments is decisively the brighter choice.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Quiet Moments reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 31, Quiet Moments is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 7, Quiet Moments is decisively the brighter choice.