Raw Cashmere vs Skimming Stone
Raw Cashmere (Dulux) and Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. The 7-point LRV gap — 68 for Skimming Stone vs 61 for Raw Cashmere — means Skimming Stone will open up a space more effectively. Both share a warm character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. ΔE 6.8 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Raw Cashmere vs Skimming Stone in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Raw Cashmere 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
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. Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Skimming Stone has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Skimming Stone has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Raw Cashmere vs Skimming Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Raw Cashmere 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.
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Raw Cashmere reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 61 vs 4, Raw Cashmere is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 61 vs 41, Raw Cashmere is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 61 vs 7, Raw Cashmere is decisively the brighter choice.