Skylight vs Reflection
Where Skylight belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Reflection is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Reflection (LRV 66) reflects noticeably more light than Skylight (LRV 62), a difference of 4 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean neutral, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. At ΔE 2.2, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Skylight vs Reflection in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Skylight and Reflection 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.
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. Reflection reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Skylight vs Reflection Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Skylight on one side and Reflection 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.
Skylight reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck 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.