O Fortuna vs Hicks' Blue
Where O Fortuna belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. O Fortuna reads as pink-red, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. O Fortuna has an LRV of 55. With a ΔE of 48.6, 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.
O Fortuna vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing O Fortuna 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
O Fortuna vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see O Fortuna 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 O Fortuna comparisons
See how O Fortuna stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 55, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
O Fortuna reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
O Fortuna reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 27, O Fortuna is decisively the brighter choice.
O Fortuna reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes O Fortuna the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 55), opening up a space where O Fortuna encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 12, O Fortuna is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 8, O Fortuna is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 12, O Fortuna is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes O Fortuna the marginally brighter of the two.
O Fortuna reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
O Fortuna reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.