Powder blue
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- For the film, see Powder Blue (film)
Powder blue may refer to two different colors. Originally, it referred to a dark blue color, but it has since come to refer to a pale blue color, possibly because the name reminded people of baby powder and so people thought of it as a color similar to baby blue. The original color is now called dark powder blue.
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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| 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 (the pale blue color) as a color name in English was in 1894. [2]
[edit] Dark powder blue (Smalt)
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| Hex triplet | #003399 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (0, 51, 153) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (220°, 70%, 60%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The color dark powder blue, also called smalt, is displayed to the right. The original powder blue color referred to smalt, a crushed-glass product used in laundering and dying applications and of a deep, dark blue hue.
The first recorded use of powder blue (the dark blue color) as a color name in English was in 1707. [3]
[edit] Powder blue in human culture
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- Powder blue is often associated with infants.
- Dark powder blue was the color of the U.S. Air Force service dress uniform before the uniform was changed to a new cut in darker Prussian blue. The old cut and color are still used for uniforms at the Air Force Academy.
- The album Asleep in the Back by the band Elbow contains a song entitled Powder Blue.
- The Canadian "Folk rock" group Barenaked Ladies has a song titled "Powder Blue" on their "Pinch Me" single'.
- The United States rock group Ween has released a song titled "Powder Blue" on their album 12 Golden Country Greats.
- Vain, a rock group from the United States, released their 1995 album Fade containing a song called Powder Blue.
- NBA: The Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz wear powder blue team colors as of the mid-2000s. The Sacramento Kings also wore powder blue uniforms during the late 1980s.
- MLB: The Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays wear versions of their powder blue uniforms.
- NFL: The Tennessee Titans have worn powder blue uniforms throughout their franchise history, as the Houston Oilers from 1960-96 and briefly the Tennessee Oilers from 1997-98. The San Diego Chargers reintroduced powder blue to their color scheme in 2007, when they redesigned their logos and uniforms.
- NCAA: The UCLA Bruins and the North Carolina Tarheels have worn powder blue sports uniforms since the 1950s.
[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
