Standard White vs Hicks' Blue
Where Standard White belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Standard White belongs to the greige-white family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Standard White has an LRV of 80. With a ΔE of 57.2, 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.
Standard White vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Standard White 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
Standard White vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Standard White 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 Standard White comparisons
See how Standard White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Standard White reads slightly lighter (LRV 80 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 80 vs 6, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 52, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 58, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 27, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 55, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 13, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 44, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 66, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (80 vs 74) makes Standard White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 8, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 68, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 45, Standard White is decisively the brighter choice.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Standard White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.