Belladonna's Leaf vs Hicks' Blue
Belladonna's Leaf is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Belladonna's Leaf belongs to the green family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Belladonna's Leaf has an LRV of 53. At ΔE 46.4, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Belladonna's Leaf vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Belladonna's Leaf 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. 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.
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
Belladonna's Leaf vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Belladonna's Leaf 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 Belladonna's Leaf comparisons
See how Belladonna's Leaf stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 53, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Belladonna's Leaf encloses it.
Belladonna's Leaf reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 53 vs 30, Belladonna's Leaf is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Belladonna's Leaf reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Belladonna's Leaf the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 53 vs 4, Belladonna's Leaf is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Belladonna's Leaf reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Belladonna's Leaf reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 21, Belladonna's Leaf is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where Belladonna's Leaf encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Belladonna's Leaf encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Belladonna's Leaf encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Belladonna's Leaf reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Belladonna's Leaf reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Belladonna's Leaf encloses it.
At LRV 53 vs 41, Belladonna's Leaf is decisively the brighter choice.
Belladonna's Leaf reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Belladonna's Leaf reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Belladonna's Leaf is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, Belladonna's Leaf is decisively the brighter choice.