Liveliness vs Hicks' Blue
Where Liveliness belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Liveliness belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Liveliness has an LRV of 77. With a ΔE of 63.3, 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.
Liveliness vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Liveliness 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
Liveliness vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Liveliness 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 Liveliness comparisons
See how Liveliness stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 69) makes Liveliness the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 52, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 30, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 60, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 43, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 4, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (84 vs 77) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 21, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
Liveliness reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 77 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 77 vs 51, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Liveliness reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 77 vs 41, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 31, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 7, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.