Snowy Pine vs Hicks' Blue
Snowy Pine is a Behr color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Snowy Pine belongs to the beige-yellow family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Snowy Pine has an LRV of 85. The tonal difference — Snowy Pine's yellow character against Hicks' Blue's blue — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 60.4, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Snowy Pine vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Snowy Pine 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.
Color Details
Snowy Pine vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Snowy Pine 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 Snowy Pine comparisons
See how Snowy Pine stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 85 vs 6, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 52, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 58, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 27, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 55, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 13, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 44, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 85 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 66, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (85 vs 74) makes Snowy Pine the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 8, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 68, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 45, Snowy Pine is decisively the brighter choice.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Snowy Pine reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.