Bay Coral vs Hicks' Blue
Where Bay Coral belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Bay Coral belongs to the pink-red family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Bay Coral has an LRV of 35. With a ΔE of 58.6, 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.
Bay Coral vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Bay Coral 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.
Color Details
Bay Coral vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Bay Coral 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 Bay Coral comparisons
See how Bay Coral stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 35), opening up a space where Bay Coral encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 35, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (35 vs 30) makes Bay Coral the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 35, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 35), opening up a space where Bay Coral encloses it.
Bay Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (43 vs 35) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 35), opening up a space where Bay Coral encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 35, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 35), opening up a space where Bay Coral encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 35), opening up a space where Bay Coral encloses it.
Bay Coral reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Bay Coral reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 35), opening up a space where Bay Coral encloses it.
Bay Coral reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (35 vs 31) makes Bay Coral the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 7, Bay Coral is decisively the brighter choice.