Free Spirit vs Magical
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Both sit in the purple family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 49 and 46, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a cool quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 3.1, the difference is perceptible but not dramatic — the two can work harmoniously in the same space. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Free Spirit vs Magical in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Free Spirit and Magical 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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Free Spirit vs Magical Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Free Spirit on one side and Magical 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 Free Spirit comparisons
See how Free Spirit stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 49 vs 6, Free Spirit is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Free Spirit reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (58 vs 49) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 27, Free Spirit is decisively the brighter choice.
Free Spirit reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Free Spirit reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 13, Free Spirit is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Free Spirit the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 49), opening up a space where Free Spirit encloses it.
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At LRV 66 vs 49, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 49, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 49, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Free Spirit is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 8, Free Spirit is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 49, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Free Spirit reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Free Spirit is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Free Spirit the marginally brighter of the two.
Free Spirit reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.