Cornflower blue
Cornflower blue (X11) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #6495ED |
HSV (h, s, v) | (219°, 58%, 93%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (100, 149, 237) |
Source | X11 |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
Cornflower (Crayola) | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #93CCEA |
HSV (h, s, v) | (201°, 37%, 92%) |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (154, 206, 235) |
Source | Crayola |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light greenish blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green compared to blue. This hue was one of the favorites of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.[1]
The most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-dark violet-blue tone.[2]
Uses[]
Robert Boyle[]
Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower.[3] This was also called Boyle's Blue[4] and Cyan Blue.[5] This dye color, however, was not widely commercialized.[6]
X11[]
Cornflower blue is a defined color in the X Window (X11) color scheme.[7] As such, it is a color available as a named color for webpages.
HTML[]
CornFlowerBlue ( ) is an HTML color name, its hexadecimal code is #6495ED.[8]
Crayola[]
Cornflower is a Crayola color with hexadecimal code #93CCEA.[9] It was originally introduced in 1958, in the box of 48 crayons. The color is also called light cornflower.[10]
Microsoft XNA[]
Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in the XNA framework.
Bavarian Infantry Uniform Color[]
Coat color of Bavarian infantry in the early 19th Century especially found in the Napoleonic Era. [11]
In popular culture[]
The German popular song "Kornblumenblau" (literally "cornflower blue") humorously glorifies extreme drunkenness, blau being German slang for "drunk" and cornflower blue being an intense shade of the color.[12]
In the novel and movie Fight Club, the protagonist's manager is obsessed with cornflower blue, wearing cornflower blue ties and asking a software developer if an icon can be changed to cornflower blue.
See also[]
- List of colors
References[]
- ^ "Jan Vermeer of Delft". Holland History. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, ed. Sybil P.. Parker, 1997, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 9780079115041, page 30
- ^ The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments, Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall, 2004, Routledge, ISBN 9781136373855
- ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. ISBN 9781136373855.
- ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. ISBN 9781136373855.
- ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. ISBN 9781136373855.
- ^ Color Library documentation, Color::Library::Dictionary::X11 - (X11) Colors for the X11 Window System (rgb.txt) Archived 2013-06-27 at archive.today (accessed 2012-06-29)
- ^ "CornFlowerBlue". html-color-names.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- ^ "Cornflower / #93ccea Hex Color Code Schemes and Paints". encycolorpedia.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Light cornflower / #93ccea hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ With Eagles To Glory/John Gill 1992 ISBN 1-85367-130-4 Pg.66 Table 2-1: The Bavarian Army in April 1809 (Line Infantry Regiments)
- ^ "Kornblumenblau / Es gibt kein Pltzchen auf Erden free midi mp3 download Strand Hotel Sechelt bed breakfast". Ingeb.org. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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