Cheddar Cheese vs Hicks' Blue
Cheddar Cheese is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Cheddar Cheese belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Cheddar Cheese has an LRV of 37. At ΔE 78.9, 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.
Cheddar Cheese vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cheddar Cheese 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
Cheddar Cheese vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheddar Cheese 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 Cheddar Cheese comparisons
See how Cheddar Cheese stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 37 vs 6, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 37), opening up a space where Cheddar Cheese encloses it.
Cheddar Cheese reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 37, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 37), opening up a space where Cheddar Cheese encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 37, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (37 vs 27) makes Cheddar Cheese the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cheddar Cheese reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 37, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 37 vs 13, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (44 vs 37) makes Hardwick White the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 37), opening up a space where Cheddar Cheese encloses it.
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At LRV 66 vs 37, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 37, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 37, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 37), opening up a space where Cheddar Cheese encloses it.
At LRV 37 vs 12, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 37 vs 8, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 37, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 37 vs 12, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (45 vs 37) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Cheddar Cheese reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cheddar Cheese reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.