Mella Yella vs Hicks' Blue
Where Mella Yella belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Mella Yella belongs to the beige-yellow family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Mella Yella has an LRV of 73. With a ΔE of 65.9, 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.
Mella Yella vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mella Yella 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
Mella Yella vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mella Yella 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 Mella Yella comparisons
See how Mella Yella stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Mella Yella reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (83 vs 73) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 73 vs 6, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 52, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 58, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 27, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 55, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 13, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 44, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (73 vs 66) makes Mella Yella the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (83 vs 73) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 8, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (73 vs 68) makes Mella Yella the marginally brighter of the two.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 45, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.