Blue Parlor vs Hicks' Blue
Where Blue Parlor belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Blue Parlor has an LRV of 41. With a ΔE of 37.5, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Blue Parlor vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Blue Parlor 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
Blue Parlor vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Blue Parlor 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 Blue Parlor comparisons
See how Blue Parlor stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 41), opening up a space where Blue Parlor encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 41, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 6, Blue Parlor is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Blue Parlor reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (52 vs 41) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 41), opening up a space where Blue Parlor encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 41, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 27, Blue Parlor is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Blue Parlor reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 41, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 13, Blue Parlor is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 41), opening up a space where Blue Parlor encloses it.
Blue Parlor reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 41, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 41, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 41, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 41 vs 12, Blue Parlor is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 8, Blue Parlor is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 41, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 41 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 41 vs 12, Blue Parlor is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (45 vs 41) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Blue Parlor reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Blue Parlor reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.