Wish vs Hicks' Blue
Where Wish belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Wish belongs to the greige-grey family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Wish has an LRV of 59. Wish runs red while Hicks' Blue is decidedly blue, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 48.1, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Wish vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Wish 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.
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
Wish vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wish 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 Wish comparisons
See how Wish stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Wish encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (59 vs 52) makes Wish the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 30, Wish is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 59 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 43, Wish is decisively the brighter choice.
Wish reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 59, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 59), opening up a space where Wish encloses it.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Wish reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 31, Wish is decisively the brighter choice.
