Fescue vs Hicks' Blue
Both are Little Greene colors. Hue-wise, Fescue belongs to the beige-greige family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Fescue has an LRV of 57. The tonal difference — Fescue's yellow and red character against Hicks' Blue's blue — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 48.0, 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.
Fescue vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fescue 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
Fescue vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fescue 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 Fescue comparisons
See how Fescue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 57, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Fescue reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fescue reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 57 vs 27, Fescue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fescue reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 57 vs 44, Fescue is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 57), opening up a space where Fescue encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 57) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 57, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 12, Fescue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (68 vs 57) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 57 vs 12, Fescue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (57 vs 45) makes Fescue the marginally brighter of the two.
Fescue reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Fescue reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.