Boston Brick vs Hicks' Blue
Boston Brick is a Benjamin Moore color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Boston Brick reads as pink-red, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Boston Brick has an LRV of 12. The tonal difference — Boston Brick's red character against Hicks' Blue's blue — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 40.8, 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.
Boston Brick vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Boston Brick 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.
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.
Color Details
Boston Brick vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Boston Brick 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 Boston Brick comparisons
See how Boston Brick stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 12, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (12 vs 6) makes Boston Brick the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 12, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
Boston Brick reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 44 vs 12, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (12 vs 8) makes Boston Brick the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 45 vs 12, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 12), opening up a space where Boston Brick encloses it.
Boston Brick reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.