Sprouts vs Hicks' Blue
Sprouts (Cloverdale Paint) and Hicks' Blue (Little Greene) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Sprouts belongs to the beige-greige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Sprouts has an LRV of 56. A ΔE of 50.8 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sprouts vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sprouts 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Sprouts vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sprouts 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 Sprouts comparisons
See how Sprouts stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 56), opening up a space where Sprouts encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Sprouts the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 56 vs 30, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 58 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Sprouts reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 43, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Sprouts reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 56, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 56), opening up a space where Sprouts encloses it.
Sprouts reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Sprouts reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sprouts reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Sprouts reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 31, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 7, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.