Skimming Stone vs City Loft
Skimming Stone is a Farrow & Ball color while City Loft comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 68 and 70, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. With a ΔE of 2.2, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Skimming Stone vs City Loft in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Skimming Stone and City Loft 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
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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Skimming Stone vs City Loft Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Skimming Stone on one side and City Loft 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 Skimming Stone comparisons
See how Skimming Stone stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 30, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 43, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 4, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 21, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 41, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 68 vs 25, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 31, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 7, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 24, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (68 vs 57) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.