Watery Sea vs Hicks' Blue
Watery Sea is a Cloverdale Paint color while Hicks' Blue comes from Little Greene. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Watery Sea has an LRV of 49. At ΔE 41.8, 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.
Watery Sea vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Watery Sea 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
Watery Sea vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Watery Sea 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 Watery Sea comparisons
See how Watery Sea stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 49, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Watery Sea encloses it.
Watery Sea reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 49 vs 30, Watery Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 11-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Watery Sea reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Watery Sea the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 4, Watery Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Watery Sea reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Watery Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 49, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 21, Watery Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 49), opening up a space where Watery Sea encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 49), opening up a space where Watery Sea encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Watery Sea encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Watery Sea reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Watery Sea reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 49), opening up a space where Watery Sea encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (49 vs 41) makes Watery Sea the marginally brighter of the two.
Watery Sea reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Watery Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Watery Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 7, Watery Sea is decisively the brighter choice.