Farrow & Ball · No. 205 · Greys
Farrow & Ball
Skylight
Benjamin Moore
Sterling
Lower score means closer. Under 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; over 5 is a different colour that sits in the same family.
British paint maker, widely stocked across the UK.
UK stockists
Closest · 100
Pearl Colour
Nearest availablescore 5.57
This brand has nothing closer. Treat it as a starting point only.
Option 2 · 113
French Grey
Nearest availablescore 6.04
Option 3 · 284
Aquamarine Mid
Nearest availablescore 6.80
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · 1591
Sterling
Near identicalscore 0.68
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 1604
Silvery Moon
Very closescore 1.01
Option 3 · CSP-5
Perspective®
Very closescore 1.15
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6232
Misty
Very closescore 1.63
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · SW 7064
Passive
Very closescore 1.67
Option 3 · SW 7661
Reflection
Very closescore 1.78
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 4008-1A
Bay Waves
Very closescore 1.30
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 7004-21
Morning Lake
Very closescore 1.69
Option 3 · 5001-3B
Northern Sky
Very closescore 1.80
North American colour card.
Closest · 1039-1
Ghost Whisperer
Very closescore 1.25
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 1009-2
Tornado
Very closescore 1.27
Option 3 · FLLW961
Wright Cloud White
Very closescore 1.43
North American colour card.
Closest · MQ3-22
Curio
Very closescore 1.27
A small difference you may see with the two side by side.
Option 2 · 790A-3
Road Runner
Very closescore 1.31
Option 3 · PPU12-11
Salt Glaze
Very closescore 1.40
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6310
Rainy Season
Closescore 2.22
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · DE6366
Silver Spoon
Closescore 2.64
Option 3 · DE6317
Mount Sterling
Closescore 2.75
From the trade
Paint Skylight and your chosen match on two boards in the same finish. A flat and an eggshell in one colour never look identical.
Check them on the darkest wall in the morning and again under your own lamps at night. That is where small differences show.
Give the merchant the brand, colour name and code shown here. It avoids the guesswork of a scanned match.
In your light
Pick the way your window faces and the time of day. The same paint can look like three different colours.
North light is steady but cool and grey. It pulls blues and greys colder and makes greens look heavier. Warm based colours hold up best.
An approximation of how light colour and strength shift a paint. Use it to narrow a shortlist, then paint a sample board and look at it at these same times.
Building a scheme
Worked out from undertone and depth, the way a decorator would put a scheme together. Paint samples side by side before you commit.
A pale colour from the same undertone as Skylight, so the ceiling does not look stark white against it.
One step lighter or darker on skirtings, doors and window boards. A tonal scheme is the easiest way to make a room feel finished.
A dark colour that sits under it. Use on a fireplace wall, an inside door, a kitchen island or a hall below the dado.
Skylight is close to neutral, so almost any colour will sit beside it. These have enough character to show.
Colour values are on screen approximations taken from published community colour libraries (Farrow & Ball; Farrow & Ball (cross check); Little Greene; Benjamin Moore; Sherwin-Williams, Valspar, PPG, Behr, Dunn-Edwards), compiled 2026-10-09. Scores use CIEDE2000. Screens, light and sheen all change how paint looks, so always check a physical sample. Aethos is not connected to any of the paint makers named here and all colour names belong to their owners.