Pale Olivine vs Hicks' Blue
Where Pale Olivine belongs to Dulux's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Pale Olivine belongs to the beige-greige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Pale Olivine has an LRV of 62. Pale Olivine 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 54.2, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pale Olivine vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pale Olivine 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.
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
Pale Olivine vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Olivine 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 Pale Olivine comparisons
See how Pale Olivine stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 7-point LRV gap (69 vs 62) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 62), opening up a space where Pale Olivine encloses it.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Pale Olivine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 30, Pale Olivine is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Olivine reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pale Olivine reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 43, Pale Olivine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 4, Pale Olivine is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Olivine reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 62, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 21, Pale Olivine is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 62), opening up a space where Pale Olivine encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 62), opening up a space where Pale Olivine encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (62 vs 51) makes Pale Olivine the marginally brighter of the two.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 62 vs 41, Pale Olivine is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Pale Olivine reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 31, Pale Olivine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 7, Pale Olivine is decisively the brighter choice.