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Dark Blue Color coordinates; Hex triplet #00008B: sRGB B (r, g, b) (0, 0, 139) HSV (h, s, v) (240°, 100%, 55%) CIELCh uv (L, C, h) (15, 60, 266°) Source: X11: ISCC–NBS descriptor: Vivid blue: B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Navy blue is a dark shade of the color blue. French sailor in dark blue uniform. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with naval white) worn by officers in the Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world.
Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue named for its resemblance to the apparently blue color of a moonlit night sky around a full moon. Midnight blue is identifiably blue to the eye in sunlight or full-spectrum light , but can appear black under certain more limited spectra sometimes found in artificial lighting (especially early 20th-century ...
Blue is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colors .
Darker shades of blue include ultramarine, cobalt blue, navy blue, and Prussian blue; while lighter tints include sky blue, azure, and Egyptian blue (for a more complete list see the List of colours).
Blue Sapphire Color coordinates; Hex triplet #126180: sRGB B (r, g, b) (18, 97, 128) HSV (h, s, v) (197°, 86%, 50%) CIELCh uv (L, C, h) (38, 40, 232°) Source: Pantone TPX: ISCC–NBS descriptor: Dark greenish blue: B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Category:Shades of blue. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Types of blue. This category is for all varieties, not only shades in the technical sense. See also the categories Shades of azure and Shades of cyan.
Indigo dye is a greenish dark blue color, obtained from either the leaves of the tropical Indigo plant ( Indigofera ), or from woad ( Isatis tinctoria ), or the Chinese indigo ( Persicaria tinctoria ). Many societies make use of the Indigofera plant for producing different shades of blue.
In fashion blue, particularly dark blue, was seen as a colour which was serious but not grim. In the mid-20th century, blue passed black as the most common colour of men's business suits, the costume usually worn by political and business leaders.
Oxford Blue colour #002147. Oxford Blue is the official colour of the University of Oxford. The official Oxford branding guidelines set its definition as Pantone 282, equivalent to the hex code #002147. With a hue code of 212, this colour is a very dark tone of azure.
