Modern Blue vs Bewitching Blue
Modern Blue is a Cloverdale Paint color while Bewitching Blue comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 63 and 61, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 2.3, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Modern Blue vs Bewitching Blue in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Modern Blue and Bewitching Blue 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Modern Blue vs Bewitching Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Modern Blue on one side and Bewitching Blue 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 Modern Blue comparisons
See how Modern Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Modern Blue encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (69 vs 63) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Modern Blue reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Modern Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Modern Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Modern Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Modern Blue reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 4, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Modern Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Modern Blue reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Modern Blue reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 21, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Modern Blue encloses it.
Modern Blue reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 63 vs 41, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 25, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Modern Blue reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Modern Blue reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 24, Modern Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 57) makes Modern Blue the marginally brighter of the two.