Whiteboard vs Hicks' Blue
Where Whiteboard belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Whiteboard belongs to the white family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Whiteboard has an LRV of 85. With a ΔE of 59.1, 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.
Whiteboard vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Whiteboard 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
Whiteboard vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Whiteboard 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 Whiteboard comparisons
See how Whiteboard stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 85 vs 6, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 52, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 58, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 27, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 55, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 13, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 44, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 85 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 66, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (85 vs 74) makes Whiteboard the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 8, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 68, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 45, Whiteboard is decisively the brighter choice.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Whiteboard reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.