Butterball vs Hicks' Blue
Butterball is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Butterball belongs to the beige-yellow family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Butterball has an LRV of 87. At ΔE 66.8, 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.
Butterball vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Butterball 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
Butterball vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Butterball 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 Butterball comparisons
See how Butterball stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (87 vs 83) makes Butterball the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 87 vs 6, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 52, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 58, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 27, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 55, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 13, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 44, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
Butterball reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 66, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 74, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (87 vs 83) makes Butterball the marginally brighter of the two.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 12, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 8, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 68, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 12, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 45, Butterball is decisively the brighter choice.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Butterball reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.