Chic Magnet vs Hicks' Blue
Where Chic Magnet belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Chic Magnet belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Chic Magnet has an LRV of 76. With a ΔE of 58.2, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chic Magnet vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chic Magnet 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
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Chic Magnet vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chic Magnet 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 Chic Magnet comparisons
See how Chic Magnet stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 7-point LRV gap (76 vs 69) makes Chic Magnet the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 52, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 30, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 60, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 43, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 4, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (84 vs 76) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 21, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
Chic Magnet reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 76 vs 51, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Chic Magnet reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 76 vs 41, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Chic Magnet reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 31, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 7, Chic Magnet is decisively the brighter choice.