Soapstone vs Hicks' Blue
Where Soapstone belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Soapstone reads as beige-greige, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Soapstone has an LRV of 53. With a ΔE of 47.3, 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.
Soapstone vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Soapstone 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
Soapstone vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soapstone 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 Soapstone comparisons
See how Soapstone stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Soapstone encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 53 vs 30, Soapstone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soapstone reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Soapstone the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Soapstone reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where Soapstone encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Soapstone encloses it.
Soapstone reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Soapstone reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Soapstone encloses it.
Soapstone reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Soapstone reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Soapstone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, Soapstone is decisively the brighter choice.