Peeps vs Hicks' Blue
Peeps is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Peeps belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Peeps has an LRV of 68. At ΔE 95.6, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Peeps vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Peeps 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.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. 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.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. 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
Peeps vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Peeps 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 Peeps comparisons
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A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Peeps the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 27, Peeps is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 68 vs 55, Peeps is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Peeps is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 68), opening up a space where Peeps encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Peeps is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Peeps is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Peeps is decisively the brighter choice.
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