Pound Cake vs Hicks' Blue
Pound Cake (Cloverdale Paint) and Hicks' Blue (Little Greene) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Pound Cake belongs to the beige-yellow family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Pound Cake has an LRV of 86. A ΔE of 66.4 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pound Cake vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pound Cake 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Pound Cake vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pound Cake 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 Pound Cake comparisons
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Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
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At LRV 86 vs 6, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 86 vs 52, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 58, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 27, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 55, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 13, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 44, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 86 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 66, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (86 vs 74) makes Pound Cake the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (86 vs 83) makes Pound Cake the marginally brighter of the two.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 12, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 8, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 68, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 12, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 45, Pound Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pound Cake reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.