Instinct vs Hicks' Blue
Instinct is a Benjamin Moore color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Instinct has an LRV of 55. They share a blue quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 42.9, 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.
Instinct vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Instinct 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.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. 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
Instinct vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Instinct 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 Instinct comparisons
See how Instinct stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 55), opening up a space where Instinct encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Instinct the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Instinct is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 58 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Instinct reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (55 vs 43) makes Instinct the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 55 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Instinct reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Instinct encloses it.
Instinct reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Instinct reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Instinct encloses it.
Instinct reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Instinct reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 31, Instinct is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 7, Instinct is decisively the brighter choice.