Sweet Buttermilk vs Hicks' Blue
Where Sweet Buttermilk belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Sweet Buttermilk belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Sweet Buttermilk has an LRV of 84. With a ΔE of 61.1, 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.
Sweet Buttermilk vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sweet Buttermilk 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
Sweet Buttermilk vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweet Buttermilk 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 Sweet Buttermilk comparisons
See how Sweet Buttermilk stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 84 vs 69, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 52, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 30, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 60, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 43, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 4, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 84), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 84 vs 21, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Sweet Buttermilk reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 84 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 51, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 41, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Sweet Buttermilk reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 31, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 7, Sweet Buttermilk is decisively the brighter choice.