Flirt vs Hicks' Blue
Flirt is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Flirt reads as beige, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Flirt has an LRV of 72. At ΔE 56.5, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Flirt vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Flirt 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. 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.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. 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.
Color Details
Flirt vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Flirt 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 Flirt comparisons
See how Flirt stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 11-point LRV gap (83 vs 72) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Flirt reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Flirt reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Flirt reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 58, Flirt is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 27, Flirt is decisively the brighter choice.
Flirt reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 55, Flirt is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 44, Flirt is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (72 vs 66) makes Flirt the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Flirt is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Flirt the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Flirt is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 45, Flirt is decisively the brighter choice.
Flirt reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Flirt reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.