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The five intermediary colors (五間色 wǔjiànsè) are formed as combinations of the five elemental colors. These are: [10] 綠 lǜ 'green': The intermediary color of the east, combination of central yellow and eastern blue; 碧 bì 'emerald blue': The intermediary color of the west, combination of eastern blue and western white
Beau blue is a light tone of baby blue. "Beau" means "beautiful" in French. The source of this color is the color that is called beau blue in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. [4]
The color defined as blue in the RGB color model, X11 blue, is the brightest possible blue that can be reproduced on a computer screen, and is the color named blue in X11. It is one of the three primary colors used in the RGB color space , along with red and green .
Suntory "blue" rose Rosa 'Cardinal de Richelieu' rose, used for the first genetic engineering experiments. Scientists have yet to produce a truly blue-colored rose; however, after thirteen years of collaborative research by an Australian company, Florigene, and a Japanese company, Suntory, a rose containing the blue pigment delphinidin was created in 2002 by genetic engineering of a white rose ...
Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the Southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Hex #D1EAEB is a popular shade of haint blue. The tradition originated with the Gullah in Georgia and South Carolina .
Use of the light blue color at UNC dates from 1795 when the Dialectic (blue) and Philanthropic (white) Societies of the university chose representative colors. Society members would wear a blue or white ribbon at university functions, and blue or white ribbons were attached to the diplomas of graduates. [4] Light blue and white have been UNC's ...
A synthetic dye used to color hair blue was 1,4,5,8-tetraaminoanthraquinone prepared as Disperse Blue 1 with water and lignosulfonate dispersant. This is a semi-permanent dye as the dye molecules do not penetrate the hair shaft and so wash out in subsequent shampooing. It is not used in the U.S. as it is thought to be carcinogenic. [12]
Bromothymol blue acts as a weak acid in a solution. It can thus be in protonated or deprotonated form, appearing yellow or blue, respectively. It is bright aquamarine by itself, and greenish-blue in a neutral solution. The deprotonation of the neutral form results in a highly conjugated structure, accounting for the difference in color. An ...