Rice Paper vs Hicks' Blue
Where Rice Paper belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Rice Paper belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Rice Paper has an LRV of 74. With a ΔE of 56.3, 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.
Rice Paper vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Rice Paper 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
Rice Paper vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rice Paper 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 Rice Paper comparisons
See how Rice Paper stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Rice Paper the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 43, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 4, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 21, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 51, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Rice Paper reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 41, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 31, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 7, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.