Skylight vs Sea Salt
Skylight (Farrow & Ball) and Sea Salt (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Skylight belongs to the grey family and Sea Salt to the green-grey family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 62 vs 63 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. Both share a neutral character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. A ΔE of 2.7 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Skylight vs Sea Salt in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Skylight and Sea Salt 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Kitchen Cabinets
Cabinet color is always seen in context — against countertops, backsplash, and hardware — which amplifies undertone differences that might disappear on a plain wall. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Skylight vs Sea Salt Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Skylight on one side and Sea Salt 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 Skylight comparisons
See how Skylight stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 62), opening up a space where Skylight encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Skylight the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 30, Skylight is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Skylight reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skylight reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 43, Skylight is decisively the brighter choice.
Skylight reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skylight reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 62, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 62), opening up a space where Skylight encloses it.
Skylight reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skylight reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Skylight reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 31, Skylight is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 7, Skylight is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 24, Skylight is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (62 vs 57) makes Skylight the marginally brighter of the two.