Lemon Bar vs Hicks' Blue
Where Lemon Bar belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Lemon Bar belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Lemon Bar has an LRV of 41. With a ΔE of 75.1, 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.
Lemon Bar vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Lemon Bar 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
Lemon Bar vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lemon Bar 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 Lemon Bar comparisons
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