Calm Breeze vs Hicks' Blue
Calm Breeze is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Calm Breeze belongs to the green-grey family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Calm Breeze has an LRV of 67. At ΔE 50.4, 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.
Calm Breeze vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Calm Breeze 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
Calm Breeze vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Calm Breeze 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 Calm Breeze comparisons
See how Calm Breeze stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 67, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 6, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 52, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
Calm Breeze reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (67 vs 58) makes Calm Breeze the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 67 vs 27, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 55, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 13, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 44, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 67), opening up a space where Calm Breeze encloses it.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 67 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (74 vs 67) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 67, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 12, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 8, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 12, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 45, Calm Breeze is decisively the brighter choice.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Calm Breeze reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.