Basin Blue vs Monet Magic
Where Basin Blue belongs to Behr's range, Monet Magic is a Cloverdale Paint color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (65 vs 66), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Basin Blue vs Monet Magic in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Basin Blue and Monet Magic 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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Basin Blue vs Monet Magic Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Basin Blue on one side and Monet Magic 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 Basin Blue comparisons
See how Basin Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 3-point LRV gap (69 vs 65) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Basin Blue encloses it.
Basin Blue reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 52, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 30, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Basin Blue reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (65 vs 60) makes Basin Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Basin Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 65 vs 43, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 4, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Basin Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Basin Blue reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
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At LRV 84 vs 65, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 21, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Basin Blue encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 51, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Basin Blue reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Basin Blue reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 65 vs 41, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 65 vs 31, Basin Blue is decisively the brighter choice.