Canvas vs Hicks' Blue
Canvas is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Canvas reads as beige, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Canvas has an LRV of 68. At ΔE 53.7, 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.
Canvas vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Canvas 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
Canvas vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Canvas 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 Canvas comparisons
See how Canvas stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Canvas encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 30, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Canvas the marginally brighter of the two.
Canvas reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 43, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 31, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 7, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.