Green Parakeet vs Hicks' Blue
Green Parakeet is a Behr color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Green Parakeet belongs to the blue-green family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Green Parakeet has an LRV of 48. The tonal difference — Green Parakeet's green character against Hicks' Blue's blue — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 52.7, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Green Parakeet vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Green Parakeet 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.
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.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a 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.
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.
Kitchen Cabinets
On cabinetry, undertone and temperature become more pronounced against countertops and hardware. 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
Green Parakeet vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Green Parakeet 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 Green Parakeet comparisons
See how Green Parakeet stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 48), opening up a space where Green Parakeet encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 48, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 6, Green Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Green Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 48), opening up a space where Green Parakeet encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (58 vs 48) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 27, Green Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
Green Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Green Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (55 vs 48) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 13, Green Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 44) makes Green Parakeet the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 48), opening up a space where Green Parakeet encloses it.
Green Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 48, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 48, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 48, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Green Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 8, Green Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 48, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Green Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Green Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Green Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Green Parakeet reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.