Verdigris vs Hicks' Blue
Where Verdigris belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Verdigris belongs to the blue-green family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Verdigris has an LRV of 17. Verdigris 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 18.5, 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.
Verdigris vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Verdigris 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
Verdigris vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Verdigris 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 Verdigris comparisons
See how Verdigris stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 17, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 17), opening up a space where Verdigris encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 17), opening up a space where Verdigris encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 17), opening up a space where Verdigris encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 17, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (27 vs 17) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 17), opening up a space where Verdigris encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 17, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 17, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 17), opening up a space where Verdigris encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 17, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 17, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (17 vs 12) makes Verdigris the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (17 vs 8) makes Verdigris the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 17, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (17 vs 12) makes Verdigris the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 17, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 17), opening up a space where Verdigris encloses it.
Verdigris reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.