Powdered Pool vs Hicks' Blue
Powdered Pool is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Powdered Pool reads as green-grey, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Powdered Pool has an LRV of 66. At ΔE 49.7, 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.
Powdered Pool vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Powdered Pool 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
Powdered Pool vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Powdered Pool 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 Powdered Pool comparisons
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With LRVs of 69 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 66, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 6, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
Powdered Pool reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Powdered Pool the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 27, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Powdered Pool the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 13, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 44, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 66), opening up a space where Powdered Pool encloses it.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 8, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 45, Powdered Pool is decisively the brighter choice.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Powdered Pool reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.