Refined Yellow vs Hicks' Blue
Refined Yellow is a Jotun color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Refined Yellow reads as beige-yellow, while Hicks' Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Refined Yellow has an LRV of 44. The tonal difference — Refined Yellow's warm character against Hicks' Blue's blue — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 48.4, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Refined Yellow vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Refined 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.
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.
Kitchen Cabinets
On cabinetry, undertone and temperature become more pronounced against countertops and hardware. 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.
Color Details
Refined Yellow vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Refined 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 Refined Yellow comparisons
See how Refined Yellow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 44), opening up a space where Refined Yellow encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 44, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 6, Refined Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Refined Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 44), opening up a space where Refined Yellow encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 27, Refined Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 44 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Refined Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 13, Refined Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 44), opening up a space where Refined Yellow encloses it.
Refined Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 44, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 44, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 44, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 44 vs 12, Refined Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 8, Refined Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Refined Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 44 vs 12, Refined Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Refined Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Refined Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.