Ice Fog vs Hicks' Blue
Where Ice Fog belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Ice Fog reads as green-grey, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Ice Fog has an LRV of 71. Ice Fog 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 53.7, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Ice Fog vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Ice Fog 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.
Color Details
Ice Fog vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ice Fog 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 Ice Fog comparisons
See how Ice Fog stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 71, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
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Ice Fog reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Ice Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 71 vs 58, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 27, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Ice Fog reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 55, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 44, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 71), opening up a space where Ice Fog encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (71 vs 66) makes Ice Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 71) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 71 vs 12, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 8, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 71 vs 12, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 45, Ice Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Ice Fog reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Ice Fog reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.