Martica vs Hicks' Blue
Where Martica belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Martica belongs to the beige-yellow family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Martica has an LRV of 79. With a ΔE of 64.0, 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.
Martica vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Martica 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
Martica vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Martica 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 Martica comparisons
See how Martica stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Martica reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Martica reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Martica reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 58, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 27, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
Martica reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 55, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 44, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 79 vs 66, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (79 vs 74) makes Martica the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 79 vs 12, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 8, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (79 vs 68) makes Martica the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 79 vs 12, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 45, Martica is decisively the brighter choice.
Martica reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Martica reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.