Wales Gray vs Skimming Stone
Where Wales Gray belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Wales Gray belongs to the blue-grey family and Skimming Stone to the beige-greige family. Skimming Stone (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Wales Gray (LRV 54), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Wales Gray runs green and blue while Skimming Stone is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 11.7, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Wales Gray vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Wales Gray 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 Wales Gray 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 Wales Gray.
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 Wales Gray.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Skimming Stone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Wales Gray.
Color Details
Wales Gray vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wales Gray 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 Wales Gray comparisons
See how Wales Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Wales Gray encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 54, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Wales Gray reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 30, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 54) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wales Gray reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (54 vs 43) makes Wales Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 4, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Wales Gray reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Wales Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 54, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 21, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 54), opening up a space where Wales Gray encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Wales Gray encloses it.
Wales Gray reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 41, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 25, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Wales Gray reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Wales Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 31, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 7, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 24, Wales Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (57 vs 54) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 54, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.