Egyptian Cotton vs Skimming Stone
Where Egyptian Cotton belongs to Dulux's range, Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (66 vs 68), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. At ΔE 2.1, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Egyptian Cotton vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Egyptian Cotton 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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Egyptian Cotton vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Egyptian Cotton 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 Egyptian Cotton comparisons
See how Egyptian Cotton stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 66), opening up a space where Egyptian Cotton encloses it.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 30, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Egyptian Cotton the marginally brighter of the two.
Egyptian Cotton reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 43, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 4, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
Egyptian Cotton reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 21, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 66), opening up a space where Egyptian Cotton encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 51, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 41, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Egyptian Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 31, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 7, Egyptian Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.