Burnt Pumpkin vs Hicks' Blue
Where Burnt Pumpkin belongs to Behr's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Burnt Pumpkin belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Burnt Pumpkin has an LRV of 35. Burnt Pumpkin runs red while Hicks' Blue is decidedly blue, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 60.0, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Burnt Pumpkin vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Burnt Pumpkin and Hicks' 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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. 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
Burnt Pumpkin vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Burnt Pumpkin on one side and Hicks' 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 Burnt Pumpkin comparisons
See how Burnt Pumpkin stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 35, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
Burnt Pumpkin reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 35, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (35 vs 30) makes Burnt Pumpkin the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 35, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
Burnt Pumpkin reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (43 vs 35) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 4, Burnt Pumpkin is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
Burnt Pumpkin reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 35, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 35 vs 21, Burnt Pumpkin is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 35, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Burnt Pumpkin reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Burnt Pumpkin reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 35), opening up a space where Burnt Pumpkin encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (41 vs 35) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Burnt Pumpkin reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (35 vs 31) makes Burnt Pumpkin the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 7, Burnt Pumpkin is decisively the brighter choice.