Whitewash Oak vs Hicks' Blue
Where Whitewash Oak belongs to Behr's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Whitewash Oak reads as greige-grey, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Whitewash Oak has an LRV of 58. Whitewash Oak runs yellow while Hicks' Blue is decidedly blue, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 47.3, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Whitewash Oak vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Whitewash Oak 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
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. 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 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.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Whitewash Oak vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Whitewash Oak 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 Whitewash Oak comparisons
See how Whitewash Oak stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 58), opening up a space where Whitewash Oak encloses it.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Whitewash Oak the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 30, Whitewash Oak is decisively the brighter choice.
Whitewash Oak reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 58 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 43, Whitewash Oak is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 4, Whitewash Oak is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 58 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 21, Whitewash Oak is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Whitewash Oak encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 58), opening up a space where Whitewash Oak encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (58 vs 51) makes Whitewash Oak the marginally brighter of the two.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 58 vs 41, Whitewash Oak is decisively the brighter choice.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Whitewash Oak reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 31, Whitewash Oak is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 7, Whitewash Oak is decisively the brighter choice.