Mint Grasshopper vs Hicks' Blue
Mint Grasshopper is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Mint Grasshopper belongs to the green family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Mint Grasshopper has an LRV of 84. At ΔE 59.2, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mint Grasshopper vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mint Grasshopper 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. 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.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. 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.
Color Details
Mint Grasshopper vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mint Grasshopper 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 Mint Grasshopper comparisons
See how Mint Grasshopper stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 84 vs 6, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 52, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 27, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 13, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Mint Grasshopper the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 8, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 45, Mint Grasshopper is decisively the brighter choice.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Mint Grasshopper reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.