Silver Glass vs Hicks' Blue
Silver Glass is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Silver Glass reads as green-grey, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Silver Glass has an LRV of 55. At ΔE 44.6, 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.
Silver Glass vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Silver Glass 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
Silver Glass vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Silver Glass 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 Silver Glass comparisons
See how Silver Glass stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 55, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 55), opening up a space where Silver Glass encloses it.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (55 vs 43) makes Silver Glass the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 55 vs 4, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Silver Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 21, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Silver Glass encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 55), opening up a space where Silver Glass encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (55 vs 51) makes Silver Glass the marginally brighter of the two.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Silver Glass encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 41, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Silver Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 31, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 7, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.