Reseda vs Hicks' Blue
Where Reseda belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Reseda belongs to the beige-greige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Reseda has an LRV of 59. With a ΔE of 49.9, 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.
Reseda vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Reseda 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
Reseda vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Reseda 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 Reseda comparisons
See how Reseda stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Reseda encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (59 vs 52) makes Reseda the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 30, Reseda is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 59 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Reseda reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 43, Reseda is decisively the brighter choice.
Reseda reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Reseda reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 59, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 59), opening up a space where Reseda encloses it.
Reseda reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Reseda reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Reseda reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Reseda reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 31, Reseda is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 7, Reseda is decisively the brighter choice.