Dayroom Yellow vs Hicks' Blue
Where Dayroom Yellow belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Dayroom Yellow belongs to the beige-yellow family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Dayroom Yellow has an LRV of 75. Dayroom Yellow 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 71.9, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dayroom Yellow vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Dayroom Yellow 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.
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.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Dayroom Yellow vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dayroom Yellow 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 Dayroom Yellow comparisons
See how Dayroom Yellow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Dayroom Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 75) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 75 vs 6, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 52, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 58, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 27, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 55, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 13, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 44, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (75 vs 66) makes Dayroom Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 75) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 12, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 8, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes Dayroom Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 12, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 45, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.