Deco Pink vs Hicks' Blue
Where Deco Pink belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Deco Pink belongs to the pink-red family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Deco Pink has an LRV of 63. With a ΔE of 53.0, 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.
Deco Pink vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Deco Pink 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
Deco Pink vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Deco Pink 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 Deco Pink comparisons
See how Deco Pink stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Deco Pink encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Deco Pink the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Deco Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Deco Pink reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Deco Pink reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Deco Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
Deco Pink reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Deco Pink reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Deco Pink reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Deco Pink reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Deco Pink reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Deco Pink reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Deco Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Deco Pink is decisively the brighter choice.