Almost Oyster vs Hicks' Blue
Where Almost Oyster belongs to Dulux's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Almost Oyster belongs to the beige-greige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Almost Oyster has an LRV of 74. Almost Oyster runs warm while Hicks' Blue is decidedly blue, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 54.9, 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.
Almost Oyster vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Almost Oyster 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.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Almost Oyster vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Almost Oyster 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 Almost Oyster comparisons
See how Almost Oyster stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Almost Oyster the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 43, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 4, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 21, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Almost Oyster reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 51, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Almost Oyster reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 41, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Almost Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 31, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 7, Almost Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.