Zircon Ice vs Hicks' Blue
Where Zircon Ice belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Zircon Ice has an LRV of 74. With a ΔE of 53.3, 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.
Zircon Ice vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Zircon Ice 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
Zircon Ice vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Zircon Ice 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 Zircon Ice comparisons
See how Zircon Ice stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Zircon Ice reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 6, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 27, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 13, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 44, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Zircon Ice the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 8, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Zircon Ice the marginally brighter of the two.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 45, Zircon Ice is decisively the brighter choice.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Zircon Ice reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.