Parakeet vs Soulful Blue
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Parakeet belongs to the beige-yellow family and Soulful Blue to the blue-grey family. Parakeet (LRV 41) reflects noticeably more light than Soulful Blue (LRV 20), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Parakeet runs warm while Soulful Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 60.6, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Parakeet vs Soulful Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Parakeet and Soulful Blue in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. Parakeet reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Soulful Blue.
Color Details
Parakeet vs Soulful Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Parakeet on one side and Soulful 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 Parakeet comparisons
See how Parakeet stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 41), opening up a space where Parakeet encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (52 vs 41) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (41 vs 30) makes Parakeet the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 41, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 41), opening up a space where Parakeet encloses it.
Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 41), opening up a space where Parakeet encloses it.
With LRVs of 44 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 41, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 41), opening up a space where Parakeet encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 41), opening up a space where Parakeet encloses it.
Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 41), opening up a space where Parakeet encloses it.
Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (41 vs 31) makes Parakeet the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 41 vs 7, Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 24, Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 41, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.