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Cornflower blue

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A cornflower
Cornflower blue (X11)
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#6495ED
sRGBB (r, g, b)(100, 149, 237)
HSV (h, s, v)(219°, 58%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(62, 83, 254°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrilliant blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Cornflower (Crayola)
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#93CCEA
sRGBB (r, g, b)(147, 204, 234)
HSV (h, s, v)(201°, 37%, 92%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(79, 42, 228°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery light greenish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green. This hue was one of the favorites of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.[1]

Cornflower blue sapphire
Cornflower blue sapphire

The most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-dark violet-blue hue.[2]

Uses

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Robert Boyle

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Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower.[3] This was also called Boyle's Blue[4] and Cyan Blue.[5] This dye color, however, was not widely commercialized.[6]

X11

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Cornflower blue is a defined color in the X Window (X11) color scheme.[7] As such, it is a color available as a named color for webpages.

HTML

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CornFlowerBlue () is an HTML color name, its hexadecimal code is #6495ED.[8]

Crayola

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Cornflower is a Crayola color with hexadecimal code #93CCEA.[9] It was originally introduced in 1958, in the box of 48 crayons. The color is also called light cornflower.[10]

RAL

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Cornflower Blue RAL code is RAL 270 50 40[11]

Microsoft XNA

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Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in the XNA framework.

Bavarian Infantry Uniform Color

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Coat color of Bavarian infantry in the early 19th Century especially found in the Napoleonic Era. [12]

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The German popular song "Kornblumenblau" (literally "cornflower blue") humorously glorifies extreme drunkenness, blau being German slang for "drunk" and cornflower blue being an intense shade of the color.[13]

In Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, Cornflower blue is a color associated with the Narrator's boss; it is revealed that he chose that particular shade of blue to highlight an icon.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jan Vermeer of Delft". hollandhistory.net. Holland History. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  2. ^ Parker, Sybil P., ed. (1997). "cornflower". McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Vol. 16. McGraw-Hill. p. 30. ISBN 9780079115041.
  3. ^ The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments, Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall, 2004, Routledge, ISBN 9781136373855
  4. ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. Routledge. ISBN 9781136373855.
  5. ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. Routledge. ISBN 9781136373855.
  6. ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. Routledge. ISBN 9781136373855.
  7. ^ Color Library documentation, Color::Library::Dictionary::X11 - (X11) Colors for the X11 Window System (rgb.txt) Archived 2013-06-27 at archive.today (accessed 2012-06-29)
  8. ^ "CornFlowerBlue". html-color-names.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  9. ^ "Cornflower / #93ccea Hex Color Code Schemes and Paints". encycolorpedia.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Light cornflower / #93ccea hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Colour RAL 270 50 40 / Cornflower blue | RAL colour chart UK".
  12. ^ With Eagles To Glory/John Gill 1992 ISBN 1-85367-130-4 Pg.66 Table 2-1: The Bavarian Army in April 1809 (Line Infantry Regiments)
  13. ^ "Kornblumenblau / Es gibt kein Plätzchen auf Erden free midi mp3 download Strand Hotel Sechelt bed breakfast". Ingeb.org. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  14. ^ Palahniuk, Fight Club, 1999, p. 49.