Felicity vs Hicks' Blue
Where Felicity belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Felicity belongs to the greige-white family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Felicity has an LRV of 78. With a ΔE of 56.1, 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.
Felicity vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Felicity 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
Felicity vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Felicity 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 Felicity comparisons
See how Felicity stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Felicity reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Felicity reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Felicity reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 58, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 27, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
Felicity reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 55, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 44, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 66, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (78 vs 74) makes Felicity the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 8, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (78 vs 68) makes Felicity the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 45, Felicity is decisively the brighter choice.
Felicity reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Felicity reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.