Powder blue
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Powder blue may refer to two different colors.[citation needed] The paler variant is often associated with powder snow.
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[edit] Powder blue (web color powder blue)
| Powder blue | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #B0E0E6 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (176, 224, 230) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (220°, 70%, 90%) |
| Source | X11[1] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The web color powder blue is shown on the right.
The first recorded use of powder blue (meaning the pale blue color) as a color name in English was in 1774. [2]
[edit] Dark powder blue (smalt)
The original, darker powder blue color referred to smalt, a crushed-glass product used in laundering and dying applications and of a deep, dark blue hue. The cobalt blue colored glass was itself made from zaffre.
The first recorded use of powder blue (meaning the dark blue color) as a color name in English was in 1707. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202. See color sample of powder blue, Page 95--Plate 36 Color Sample H2
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202. See color sample of powder blue (smalt), Page 109--Plate 43 Color Sample D11
