Wicker Basket vs Hicks' Blue
Where Wicker Basket belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Wicker Basket reads as beige, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Wicker Basket has an LRV of 49. With a ΔE of 47.4, 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.
Wicker Basket vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Wicker Basket 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
Wicker Basket vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wicker Basket 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 Wicker Basket comparisons
See how Wicker Basket stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 49, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Wicker Basket encloses it.
Wicker Basket reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 49 vs 30, Wicker Basket is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 11-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wicker Basket reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Wicker Basket the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 4, Wicker Basket is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Wicker Basket reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Wicker Basket reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 49, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 21, Wicker Basket is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 49), opening up a space where Wicker Basket encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 49), opening up a space where Wicker Basket encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Wicker Basket encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Wicker Basket reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Wicker Basket reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 49), opening up a space where Wicker Basket encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (49 vs 41) makes Wicker Basket the marginally brighter of the two.
Wicker Basket reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Wicker Basket reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Wicker Basket is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 7, Wicker Basket is decisively the brighter choice.