Dusted Fondant vs Hicks' Blue
Where Dusted Fondant belongs to Dulux's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Dusted Fondant belongs to the grey family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Dusted Fondant has an LRV of 49. Dusted Fondant 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 41.1, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dusted Fondant vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Dusted Fondant 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.
Color Details
Dusted Fondant vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dusted Fondant 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 Fondant comparisons
See how Dusted Fondant stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 49), opening up a space where Dusted Fondant encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 49, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 6, Dusted Fondant is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Dusted Fondant reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (58 vs 49) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 27, Dusted Fondant is decisively the brighter choice.
Dusted Fondant reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dusted Fondant reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 13, Dusted Fondant is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Dusted Fondant the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 49), opening up a space where Dusted Fondant encloses it.
Dusted Fondant reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 49, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 49, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 49, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Dusted Fondant is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 8, Dusted Fondant is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 49, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dusted Fondant reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Dusted Fondant is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Dusted Fondant the marginally brighter of the two.
Dusted Fondant reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Dusted Fondant reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.