Endearment vs Hicks' Blue
Where Endearment belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Endearment belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Endearment has an LRV of 71. With a ΔE of 67.8, 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.
Endearment vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Endearment 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
Endearment vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Endearment 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 Endearment comparisons
See how Endearment stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 71 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 71, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 6, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 52, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
Endearment reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 71 vs 58, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 27, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 55, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 13, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 44, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 71), opening up a space where Endearment encloses it.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (71 vs 66) makes Endearment the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (74 vs 71) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (83 vs 71) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 12, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 8, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 12, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 45, Endearment is decisively the brighter choice.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Endearment reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.