Rare Find vs Hicks' Blue
Where Rare Find belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Rare Find reads as pink, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Rare Find has an LRV of 27. With a ΔE of 33.4, 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.
Rare Find vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Rare Find 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
Rare Find vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rare Find 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 Rare Find comparisons
See how Rare Find stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 27, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (30 vs 27) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 27, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
With LRVs of 27 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 43 vs 27, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 27, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
Rare Find reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Rare Find reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
Rare Find reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 27), opening up a space where Rare Find encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (31 vs 27) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 27 vs 7, Rare Find is decisively the brighter choice.