Evening Sky vs Hicks' Blue
Where Evening Sky belongs to Jotun's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Evening Sky reads as grey, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Evening Sky has an LRV of 22. Evening Sky 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 24.0, 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.
Evening Sky vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Evening Sky 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.
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
Evening Sky vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Evening Sky 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 Evening Sky comparisons
See how Evening Sky stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 22), opening up a space where Evening Sky encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 22, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 22 vs 6, Evening Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 22), opening up a space where Evening Sky encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 22, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 22), opening up a space where Evening Sky encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 22, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (27 vs 22) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 22), opening up a space where Evening Sky encloses it.
Evening Sky reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 22, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (22 vs 13) makes Evening Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 22, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 22), opening up a space where Evening Sky encloses it.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 66 vs 22, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 22, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 22, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 22), opening up a space where Evening Sky encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (22 vs 12) makes Evening Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 22 vs 8, Evening Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 22, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 22), opening up a space where Evening Sky encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (22 vs 12) makes Evening Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 22, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Evening Sky reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.