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 (perhaps resulting from confusion over the word's origin), 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. Talcum Powder Baby powder is an astringent powder used for preventing rashes on the area covered by a diaper (see diaper rash). ... Baby blue is a lighter shade of cyan. ...

Powder blue (Web color powder blue)

The web color powder blue is shown on the right. 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. ... Leafy green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... The term blue may refer to any of a number of similar colours. ... 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. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ...

The first recorded use of powder blue (the pale blue color) as a color name in English was in 1894. ^[2]
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Dark powder blue (Smalt)

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. 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. ... Leafy green fountain in Wattens, Austria. ... The term blue may refer to any of a number of similar colours. ... 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 ... Italian street, with laundry hung to dry Laundry can be: items of clothing and other textiles that require washing, the act of washing clothing and textiles, the room of a house in which this is done. ... Look up dye in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term blue may refer to any of a number of similar colours. ...

The first recorded use of powder blue (the dark blue color) as a color name in English was in 1707. ^[3]
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Shades of powder blue color comparison chart

• Powder blue (web color) (Hex: #B0E0E6) (RGB: 176, 224, 230)
• Dark Powder Blue (Smalt) (Hex: #003399) (RGB: 0, 51, 153)

• Powder blue in human culture

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  • Powder blue is often associated with infants.

  Military A human infant In basic English usage, an infant is defined as a human child at the youngest stage of life, especially before they can walk or simply a child before the age of one. ...

  • 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.

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  • 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.
  • The album Asleep in the Back by the band Elbow contains a song entitled Powder Blue.

  Sports For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Ween is an alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. ... 12 Golden Country Greats (named not for the number of songs on the album, but the number of session musicians involved) was Weens 5th album, and third for Elektra Records. ... Vain are a glam metal band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1986, at the last wave of the Glam Metal era, and in a time when the citys main musical export was thrash metal slowly changing to Old Skool Punk. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Asleep in the Back is the debut album by the band Elbow. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

  • The San Diego Chargers wear powder blue team colors as of 2007.

  References

  1. ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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

  See also

  • List of colors

  External links

  • Smalt

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  Alice blue	Azure	Baby blue	Blue	Cerulean	Cerulean blue	Cobalt blue	Cornflower blue	Dark blue	Denim	Dodger blue	Indigo
  International Klein Blue	Light blue	Midnight blue	Navy blue	Periwinkle	Persian blue	Powder blue	Prussian blue	Royal blue	Sapphire	Steel blue	Ultramarine