Herald's Trumpet vs Hicks' Blue
Where Herald's Trumpet belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Herald's Trumpet belongs to the beige-greige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Herald's Trumpet has an LRV of 20. With a ΔE of 39.0, 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.
Herald's Trumpet vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Herald's Trumpet 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
Herald's Trumpet vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Herald's Trumpet 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 Herald's Trumpet comparisons
See how Herald's Trumpet stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 20 vs 6, Herald's Trumpet is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 20), opening up a space where Herald's Trumpet encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 20, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 20), opening up a space where Herald's Trumpet encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 20, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (27 vs 20) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 20), opening up a space where Herald's Trumpet encloses it.
Herald's Trumpet reflects far more light (LRV 20 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 20, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (20 vs 13) makes Herald's Trumpet the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 20, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 20), opening up a space where Herald's Trumpet encloses it.
With LRVs of 21 and 20, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 66 vs 20, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 20, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 20, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 20), opening up a space where Herald's Trumpet encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (20 vs 12) makes Herald's Trumpet the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (20 vs 8) makes Herald's Trumpet the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 20, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 20), opening up a space where Herald's Trumpet encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (20 vs 12) makes Herald's Trumpet the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 20, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 20), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Herald's Trumpet reflects far more light (LRV 20 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.