Electric blue | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #7DF9FF |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (125, 249, 255) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (183°, 51%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (91, 55, 197°) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant bluish green |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Electric blue is a color whose definition varies but is often considered close to cyan, and which is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and the color of ionized argon gas; it was originally named after the ionized air glow produced during electrical discharges, though its meaning has broadened to include shades of blue that are metaphorically "electric" by virtue of being "intense" or particularly "vibrant". Electric arcs can cause a variety of color emissions depending on the gases involved, but blue and purple are typical colors produced in the troposphere where oxygen and nitrogen dominate.
The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1845. [1] [2] The color electric blue (the version shown below as medium electric blue) was in vogue in the 1890s. [3]
Electric Blue | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #2C75FF |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (44, 117, 255) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (219°, 83%, 100%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (52, 120, 259°) |
Source | Pourpre.com |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The deep tone of electric blue displayed adjacent is the color called bleu électrique in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.[ citation needed ]
Iridescent electric blue | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #3137FD |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (49, 55, 253) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (238°, 81%, 99%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (39, 133, 266°) |
Source | www.art-paints.com |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
This shade of electric blue reflects the kind which is only metaphorically "electric". Its iridescence is also metaphoric.
Medium Electric Blue | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #035096 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (3, 80, 150) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (209°, 98%, 59%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (34, 64, 253°) |
Source | Maerz and Paul [4] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
The color displayed adjacent, titled medium electric blue, is the electric blue which "had an immense vogue in the latter 19th century". [3] Its source is a textile sample from the 1890s. [5] [6]
Today, this tone remains typical of "electric blue" fabrics in the mass market.
Dark Electric Blue | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #536878 |
sRGB B (r, g, b) | (83, 104, 120) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (206°, 31%, 47%) |
CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (43, 19, 234°) |
Source | ISCC-NBS |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Grayish blue |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Dark electric blue is a dark cyan color that is the color called electric blue, formalized as a color in the ISCC–NBS system in 1955. [7]
The normalized color coordinates for dark electric blue are identical to Payne's grey, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1835. [8]
The electric blue crayfish is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida.
The electric blue gecko was first discovered by biologist William in the 1950s. [9]
Miss. Hunter, in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", was required to wear an electric blue dress. It first published in the UK in The Strand Magazine , in June 1892.
In a 1998 retelling of the original 1963 story of Superman Red/Superman Blue, Superman is temporarily deprived of the solar energy which his body needs. To compensate, he harnesses electricity. [10] This eventually forces him to adopt a blue and white suit to prevent the energy from dispersing. He retained most of his abilities but lost his heat-vision and used electric attacks instead. Some fans refer to this version of Superman as "Electric Blue Superman". [11]
David Bowie's song "Sound and Vision" references the color in the third verse,
Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the color of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue
The new wave band Icehouse had a hit single in 1987 titled "Electric Blue".
The color electric blue is associated with the astrological sign of Aquarius. [12]
The various tones of the color coral are orange, red and pink representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.
Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue.
Beige is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color, a grayish tan, a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow. It takes its name from French, where the word originally meant natural wool that has been neither bleached nor dyed, hence also the color of natural wool. A more than 300 year old antecessor of the word "beige" can be found in the surname of Louis de Béchameil and the French name for Béchamel sauce.
Persian blue comes in three major tones: Persian blue proper: a bright medium blue; medium Persian blue ; and a kind of dark blue which is referred to as Persian indigo, dark Persian blue, or regimental, that is much closer to the web color indigo.
Lilac is a color that is a pale violet tone representing the average color of most lilac flowers. The colors of some lilac flowers may be equivalent to the colors shown below as pale lilac, rich lilac, or deep lilac. However, there are other lilac flowers that are colored red-violet.
The color champagne is a name given for various very pale tints of yellowish-orange that are close to beige. The color's name is derived from the typical color of the beverage Champagne.
Burgundy is a dark red-purplish color.
Spring green is a color that was traditionally considered to be on the yellow side of green, but in modern computer systems based on the RGB color model is halfway between cyan and green on the color wheel.
Taupe is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.
Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower.
Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of withered foliage or sandy soil in fallow fields. This however is a post factum rationalization, and the etymologies are distinct.
Spring bud is the color that used to be called spring green before the X11 web color spring green was formulated in 1987 when the X11 colors were first promulgated. This color is now called spring bud to avoid confusion with the web color.
Jungle green is a color that is a rich tone of medium spring green.
Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a green or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
Varieties of the color red may differ in hue, chroma or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a red or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors are shown below.
The color magenta has notable tints and shades. These various colors are shown below.
Livid is a medium bluish-gray color. This color name comes from the Latin color term lividus meaning "'a dull leaden-blue color', and also used to describe the color of contused flesh, leading to the English expression 'black and blue'". The first recorded use of livid as a color name in English was in 1622.
Varieties of the color blue may differ in hue, chroma, or lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a blue or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these colors is shown below.
The color cyan, a greenish-blue, has notable tints and shades. It is one of the subtractive primary colors along with magenta, and yellow.
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.
electric blue.