Caramel Cloud vs Hicks' Blue
Caramel Cloud is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Caramel Cloud belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Caramel Cloud has an LRV of 48. At ΔE 53.5, 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.
Caramel Cloud vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Caramel Cloud 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
Caramel Cloud vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Caramel Cloud 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 Caramel Cloud comparisons
See how Caramel Cloud stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 48), opening up a space where Caramel Cloud encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 48, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 6, Caramel Cloud is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Caramel Cloud reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 48), opening up a space where Caramel Cloud encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (58 vs 48) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 27, Caramel Cloud is decisively the brighter choice.
Caramel Cloud reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Caramel Cloud reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (55 vs 48) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 13, Caramel Cloud is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 44) makes Caramel Cloud the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 48), opening up a space where Caramel Cloud encloses it.
Caramel Cloud reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 48, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 48, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 48, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Caramel Cloud is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 8, Caramel Cloud is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 48, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Caramel Cloud reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Caramel Cloud is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Caramel Cloud reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Caramel Cloud reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.