Scone vs Hicks' Blue
Where Scone belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Scone belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Scone has an LRV of 70. With a ΔE of 56.6, 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.
Scone vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Scone 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
Scone vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Scone 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 Scone comparisons
See how Scone stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 70), opening up a space where Scone encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 52, Scone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 30, Scone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (70 vs 60) makes Scone the marginally brighter of the two.
Scone reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Scone reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 43, Scone is decisively the brighter choice.
Scone reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Scone reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 70, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Scone reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Scone reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Scone reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Scone reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Scone reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 31, Scone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 7, Scone is decisively the brighter choice.