Blue Echo vs Hicks' Blue
Blue Echo is a Benjamin Moore color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Blue Echo belongs to the blue-grey family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Blue Echo has an LRV of 24. They share a blue quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 19.6, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Blue Echo vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Blue Echo 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.
Color Details
Blue Echo vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Blue Echo 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 Blue Echo comparisons
See how Blue Echo stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 24, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 24), opening up a space where Blue Echo encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 24), opening up a space where Blue Echo encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 24, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 24), so neither reads brighter in a room.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 24), opening up a space where Blue Echo encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 24, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 24, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 24), opening up a space where Blue Echo encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 24, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 24, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 12, Blue Echo is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 8, Blue Echo is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 24, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 12, Blue Echo is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 24, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Blue Echo reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.