Palm vs Hicks' Blue
Where Palm belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Palm reads as green, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Palm has an LRV of 58. Palm runs neutral while Hicks' Blue is decidedly blue, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 49.6, 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.
Palm vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Palm 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.
Color Details
Palm vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Palm 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 Palm comparisons
See how Palm stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 58, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Palm reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palm reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Palm reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Palm the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Palm is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 7-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Palm is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Palm is decisively the brighter choice.
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