Electric blue (color)
Electric blue is a color close to cyan that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and argon signs; it is named after the ionized air glow produced during electrical discharges.[citation needed]
The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1884.[1] The color electric blue was in vogue in the 1890s.[2]
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[edit] Variations of electric blue
[edit] Deep electric blue (French electric blue)
| Electric Blue (Pourpre.com) | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #2C75FF | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (44, 117, 255) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (220°, 100%, 59%) |
| Source | Pourpre.com | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The deep tone of electric blue displayed at right is the color called electric blue in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list popular in France.
[edit] Medium electric blue
The color medium electric blue matches the color of the color sample (taken from a textile sample)[3][4] of the original electric blue that "had an immense vogue in the latter nineteenth century".[5]
Still today, this tone of electric blue is a typical contemporary "electric blue" fabric color that is used in manufacturing for the mass market.
[edit] Electric blue in culture
- The color electric blue is associated with the astrological sign of Aquarius.[6]
- The electric blue glow of electricity results from the spectral emission of the excited ionized atoms (or excited molecules) of air (mostly oxygen and nitrogen) falling back to unexcited states, which happens to produce an abundance of electric blue light. This is the reason electrical sparks in air, including lightning, appear electric blue. It is a coincidence that the color of Cherenkov radiation and light emitted by ionized air are a very similar blue despite their very different methods of production.
- The color electric blue is used in the logo and site of Arch Linux, a popular Linux distribution.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.194; Color Sample of Electric Blue [fabric 1890s]: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample I7
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Discussion of color Electric Blue Page 156
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, Color Sample of Electric Blue [fabric 1890s]: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample I7
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.194 Name of the color "electric blue" in the index is marked with a "T", which means it is from a textile sample
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.156 Discussion of the color Electric Blue
- ^ Parker, Derek and Julia Aquarius (Part of the Planetary Zodiac Library) New York:1972 A Mitchell Beazley/Ballantine Book Page 14
- ^ https://archlinux.org
[edit] External links
- YouTube video "Electric Blue" by Wildwood:
- An Electric Blue design rendering for psychedelic wallpaper which can be found at http://psp.88000.org/12__Electric_Blue_Render.htm:
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| Alice blue | Aqua | Aquamarine | Celeste | Cerulean | Cyan | Electric blue | Jungle green | Magic mint | Mint |
| Persian green | Pine green | Robin egg blue | Sea green | Skobeloff | Tiffany Blue | Teal | Turquoise | ||
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