Cornflower blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#6495ED
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(100, 149, 237)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(219°, 58%, 93%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cornflower blue, a shade of sky blue, is a shade of light blue with relatively little green compared to blue. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... A representation of additive color mixing—In CRT based (analog electronics) television three color electron guns are used to stimulate such an arrangement of phosphorescent coatings of the glass, the resultant reemission of photons providing the image seen by the eye. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 625–750 nm. ... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Categories: Stub | Colors ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mossy, green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

It is one of the colors available in a Crayola crayon box. Crayola logo 2006-present Crayola past logo, 1994-2006 Crayola Crayons were first introduced in 1903 Crayola is a brand of crayons and other writing and drawing utensils, such as markers, chalk, and colored pencils manufactured by Binney & Smith, Inc. ... Wax crayons A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used for writing and drawing. ... An empty corrugated box An elaborate wooden box Boxes are highly variable receptacles. ...

Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) are among the few "blue" flowers that are truly blue, most "blue" flowers being a darker blue-purple. Binomial name Centaurea cyanus Centaurea cyanus is a species of the genus Centaurea and is commonly referred to as cornflower. ...

Sometimes confused with Corn flour, a synonym abbreviation. Corn flour actually refers to a different, light yellow color (although there is also cornflower blue colored corn flour made from blue maize [the grain that is called corn in the Americas ]). “Corn” redirects here. ... The word grain has several meanings, most being descriptive of a small piece or particle. ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. ...

Cornflower blue in human culture

Computer Game Design

• Cornflower blue is also the default clear-screen background color in Microsoft XNA, possibly a reference to the movie Fight Club.

Film Microsoft XNA (XNAs Not Acronymed[1]) is a set of tools, complete with a managed runtime environment, provided by Microsoft that facilitates computer game design, development and management. ... Fight Club (1999) is a film based on the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. ...

• The movie Fight Club, based on Palahniuk's book of the same name, contains a scene where the narrator's boss asks if a computer icon can be remade in cornflower blue. The narrator also implies that his boss always wears a cornflower blue tie on Tuesdays. in the Movie A Scanner Darkly, the cornflower and the color associated with it appears to have some connection to a narcotic or the perpetual "war on drugs" and the U.S. government's hopless entanglement/involvement with it.

Literature For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Fight Club (1999) is a film based on the novel Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. ...

• The novelist Chuck Palahniuk has claimed that the color cornflower blue appears at least once in each of his books. Phillip K. Dick 's story A Scanner Darkly mentions the cornflower very visibly in the last scene.

Religion Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk (IPA: )[1] (born February 21, 1962) is an American satirical novelist and freelance journalist born in Pasco, Washington. ...

• In many Amerindian religions, cornflower blue colored maize flour from blue corn (maize) is baked into special breads and/or cakes for special ritual occasions.

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See also

• List of colors