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Encyclopedia > Dark blue (color)
Dark blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #0000C8
RGBB (r, g, b) (0, 0, 139)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) (1, 1, 0, 0.455)
HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 54.5%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Dark blue is a shade of blue. The name comes from the word "Dark" (which originated from Old English dark, derk, deork; Anglo-Saxon dearc, and Gaelic & Irish dorch, dorcha) and "Blue" (taken from French and originated from the Indo-European root bhlewos). Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ... The RGB color model utilizes the additive model in which red, green and blue light are combined in various ways to create other colors. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Green is any of a number of similar colors. ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) CMYK (sometimes YMCK or CYM) is a subtractive color model used in color printing. ... Cyan is a pure spectral color, but the same hue can also be generated by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light. ... Magenta is a color made up of red and blue light. ... Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ... The HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) model, also called HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness), defines a color space in terms of three constituent components: HSV color space as a color wheel Hue, the color type (such as red, blue, or yellow): Ranges from 0-360 (but normalized to 0-100% in some... e gradation of color; for the city in Vietnam, see Huế. A hue refers to the gradation of color within the optical spectrum, or visible spectrum, of light. ... 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. ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Darkness is the absence of light. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... Gaelic as an adjective means pertaining to the Gaels, whether to their language or their culture. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Indo-European is originally a linguistic term, referring to the Indo-European language family. ...



Shades of Blue
alice blue azure blue cerulean cerulean blue cobalt cornflower blue dark blue denim dodger blue indigo international klein blue
                       
lavender midnight blue navy blue periwinkle persian blue powder blue prussian blue royal blue sapphire steel blue ultramarine
                     

It is said that the name of the color is due to the choice in the wardrobe of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. ... Categories: Stub | Colors ... Blue is any of a number of similar colors. ... Cerulean is a range of colors from deep blue, sky_blue, bright blue or azure color through greenish blue colors. ... Cerulean blue is a cerulean (light blue or azure) pigment used in artistic painting. ... Cobalt is a cool, slightly desaturated blue, historically made using cobalt salts. ... Cornflower blue is a shade of light blue with relatively little green compared to blue. ... Denim is a shade of blue that resembles the shade of blue used in Denim. ... Dodger blue is a shade of the color blue that gets its name from its use in the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Indigo is the color of light between 440 to 420 nanometres in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet. ... The International Klein Blue (IKB) is a deep blue hue first mixed and patented by the French artist Yves Klein. ... Lavender is a color that is a light shade of violet. ... Midnight Blue is a dark shade of blue that was named for its darkness. ... Navy blue is an especially dark shade of blue. ... Categories: Colors | Pigments | Stub ... Persian blue is a kind of dark blue nearing purple. ... Powder blue refers to either smalt, a crushed-glass product used in laundering and dying applications and of a deep, dark blue hue, or to other things that have this same dark blue coloration. ... A sample of Prussian blue Prussian blue (Preußisch Blau, Berliner Blau) is a dark blue pigment used in paints and formerly in blueprints. ... Royal blue is a lighter shade of blue. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Steel Blue is a shade of blue. ... Natural ultramarine. ...

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