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[26] [21] Below is the list of specified shades for all colours used on the national flag, with the exception of navy blue, from "IS1: Manufacturing standards for the Indian Flag" as defined in the 1931 CIE Colour Specifications with illuminant C. [26] The navy blue colour can be found in the standard IS:1803–1973. [26]
[11] [12] However, the symbol only came into widespread use after it was associated with the Ottoman Empire, who took it from being the symbol of Constantinople after their takeover of the city. [13] [14] By extension from the use in Ottoman lands, it became a symbol also for Islam as a whole, as well as representative of western Orientalism.
Navy and light blue colors conceal potential dirt or grease on the worker's clothing, helping them to appear cleaner. For the same reason, blue is a popular color for boilersuits which protect workers' clothing. Some blue collar workers have uniforms with the name of the business or the individual's name embroidered or printed on it.
The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus, "dark blue, blue, or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky". [2] "Cerulean blue" is the name of a blue-green pigment consisting of cobalt stannate (Co 2 SnO 4). The pigment was first synthesized in the late eighteenth century by Albrecht ...
The French anarchist paper, Le Drapeau Noir (The Black Flag), which printed its first issue in August 1883, [11] is one of the first published references to use black as an anarchist color. Black International was the name of a London anarchist group founded in July 1881.
The International Symbol of Access (ISA), also known as the International Wheelchair Symbol, denotes areas where access has been improved, mostly for those with disabilities. It consists of a usually blue square overlaid in white (or in contrasting colours) with a stylized image of a person in a wheelchair . [ 1 ]
Artwork depicting the yellow-over-blue flag used by the UPR during the Ukrainian War of Independence, 1918 1920 publication featuring Ukraine's flag and coat of arms Ukrainian Galician Army troops with the blue and yellow flag, 1918. Both blue-yellow and yellow-blue flags were widely used during the Ukrainian struggle for independence in 1917.
The eight colors are yellow, blue, red (all from the national flag), sky blue, green, grey, silver and gold. [7] There is also a nine piece instruction on how to draw the coat of arms, [ 8 ] followed by a full color drawing and a black and white drawing of the arms. [ 9 ]