Filtered Forest vs Hicks' Blue
Where Filtered Forest belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Filtered Forest reads as green-red, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Filtered Forest has an LRV of 69. With a ΔE of 52.8, 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.
Filtered Forest vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Filtered Forest 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
Filtered Forest vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Filtered Forest 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 Filtered Forest comparisons
See how Filtered Forest stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 69, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 6, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 52, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
Filtered Forest reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes Filtered Forest the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 27, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 55, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 13, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 44, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Filtered Forest encloses it.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (69 vs 66) makes Filtered Forest the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 69, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 8, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Filtered Forest is decisively the brighter choice.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Filtered Forest reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.