Fresh Pasta vs Hicks' Blue
Fresh Pasta is a Jotun color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Fresh Pasta belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Fresh Pasta has an LRV of 70. The tonal difference — Fresh Pasta's warm character against Hicks' Blue's blue — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 61.0, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fresh Pasta vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Fresh Pasta 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Fresh Pasta vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fresh Pasta 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 Fresh Pasta comparisons
See how Fresh Pasta stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 70, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 6, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 52, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Pasta reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 70 vs 58, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 27, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 55, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 13, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 44, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 70), opening up a space where Fresh Pasta encloses it.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes Fresh Pasta the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 70, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 12, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 8, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 12, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 45, Fresh Pasta is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Fresh Pasta reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.