Cloud Cover vs Hicks' Blue
Where Cloud Cover belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Cloud Cover belongs to the grey family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Cloud Cover has an LRV of 63. With a ΔE of 49.6, 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.
Cloud Cover vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cloud Cover 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
Cloud Cover vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cloud Cover 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 Cloud Cover comparisons
See how Cloud Cover stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 63 vs 6, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud Cover reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 12-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Cloud Cover the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 63 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Cloud Cover the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 27, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (63 vs 55) makes Cloud Cover the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 13, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 44, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 63), opening up a space where Cloud Cover encloses it.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (74 vs 63) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 63, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 8, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 45, Cloud Cover is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cloud Cover reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.