Flour vs Hicks' Blue
Flour is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Flour belongs to the white family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Flour has an LRV of 81. At ΔE 57.4, 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.
Flour vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Flour 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
Flour vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Flour 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 Flour comparisons
See how Flour stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 83 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 81 vs 52, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 30, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 60, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 43, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Flour reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 31, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 7, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.