Chantilly Lace vs Hicks' Blue
Where Chantilly Lace belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Chantilly Lace reads as green-white, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Chantilly Lace has an LRV of 90. Chantilly Lace runs green while Hicks' Blue is decidedly blue, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 61.7, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chantilly Lace vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chantilly Lace 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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
Chantilly Lace vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chantilly Lace 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 Chantilly Lace comparisons
See how Chantilly Lace stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (90 vs 83) makes Chantilly Lace the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 90 vs 6, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 52, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 58, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 27, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 55, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 13, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 44, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Chantilly Lace reads slightly lighter (LRV 90 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 66, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 74, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (90 vs 83) makes Chantilly Lace the marginally brighter of the two.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 12, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 8, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 68, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 12, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 45, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.