Dusted Cappuccino vs Hicks' Blue
Where Dusted Cappuccino belongs to Dulux's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Dusted Cappuccino reads as beige-greige, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Dusted Cappuccino has an LRV of 54. Dusted Cappuccino 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 46.2, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dusted Cappuccino vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Dusted Cappuccino 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.
Color Details
Dusted Cappuccino vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dusted Cappuccino 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 Dusted Cappuccino comparisons
See how Dusted Cappuccino stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 54, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Dusted Cappuccino encloses it.
Dusted Cappuccino reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 30, Dusted Cappuccino is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (60 vs 54) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dusted Cappuccino reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (54 vs 43) makes Dusted Cappuccino the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 4, Dusted Cappuccino is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Dusted Cappuccino reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Dusted Cappuccino reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 54, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 21, Dusted Cappuccino is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 54), opening up a space where Dusted Cappuccino encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Dusted Cappuccino encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (54 vs 51) makes Dusted Cappuccino the marginally brighter of the two.
Dusted Cappuccino reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Dusted Cappuccino reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 54), opening up a space where Dusted Cappuccino encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 41, Dusted Cappuccino is decisively the brighter choice.
Dusted Cappuccino reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Dusted Cappuccino reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 31, Dusted Cappuccino is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 7, Dusted Cappuccino is decisively the brighter choice.