Summer Cosmos vs Hicks' Blue
Where Summer Cosmos belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Summer Cosmos reads as pink, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Summer Cosmos has an LRV of 71. With a ΔE of 55.3, 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.
Summer Cosmos vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Summer Cosmos 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
Summer Cosmos vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Summer Cosmos 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 Summer Cosmos comparisons
See how Summer Cosmos stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 71), opening up a space where Summer Cosmos encloses it.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 52, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 30, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (71 vs 60) makes Summer Cosmos the marginally brighter of the two.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 43, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 4, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 71, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 21, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Cosmos reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 71 vs 51, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 71 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 71 vs 41, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Summer Cosmos reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 31, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 7, Summer Cosmos is decisively the brighter choice.