Parakeet
Parakeet is a Green paint color from Sherwin-Williams, but its character reaches beyond a single label. Its beige and yellow classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
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41.37
Parakeet's Color Strip
Parakeet is the fifth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Mélange Green and Luau Green. The strip spans from Springtime at the lightest end to Verdant at the deepest. As part of strip 148, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Parakeet in Rooms
Follow Parakeet from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 1 sourced room photo offers a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Bathroom Photo
Parakeet (6711) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under window light, mirrors and focused task lighting.
Bathroom walls in Parakeet deliver a bold jewel-tone statement.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 88 vs 41, Roman Column is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 41, Shell White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 29, Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
At LRV 88 vs 41, Roman Column is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Lime Rickey reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mélange Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 41 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (41 vs 34) makes Parakeet the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (47 vs 41) makes Humorous Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 20), opening up a space where Soulful Blue encloses it.
Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 28), opening up a space where Dusty Heather encloses it.
Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Purple Passage encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 4, Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lady's Slipper reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 41), opening up a space where Parakeet encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Mélange Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This vibrant medium green practically hums with tropical energy, its warm yellow undertones evoking the plumage of a bird in flight through sun-drenched gardens. Perfect for adventurous spaces like powder rooms or accent walls that crave personality and cheerful vitality.