Shortbread vs Hicks' Blue
Shortbread is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Shortbread belongs to the beige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Shortbread has an LRV of 72. At ΔE 57.5, 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.
Shortbread vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Shortbread 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
Shortbread vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Shortbread 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 Shortbread comparisons
See how Shortbread stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Shortbread the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes Shortbread the marginally brighter of the two.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 4, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (84 vs 72) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 51, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Shortbread reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 41, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 7, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.