Quilt vs Hicks' Blue
Quilt is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Quilt reads as beige, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Quilt has an LRV of 54. At ΔE 49.3, 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.
Quilt vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Quilt 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
Quilt vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Quilt 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 Quilt comparisons
See how Quilt stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 54, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Quilt reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 54) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 27, Quilt is decisively the brighter choice.
Quilt reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (54 vs 44) makes Quilt the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 54), opening up a space where Quilt encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 54) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 54, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Quilt is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Quilt is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (54 vs 45) makes Quilt the marginally brighter of the two.
Quilt reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Quilt reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.