blue
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cerulean
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teal
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| Cerulean | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #007BA7 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 123, 167) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (196°, 100%, 65%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (48, 56, 234°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong greenish blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
| Cerulean (RGB) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #0040FF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 64, 255) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (225°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (39, 134, 264°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Cerulean (/səˈruːliən/), also spelled caerulean, is a variety of the hue of blue that may range from a light azure blue to a more intense sky blue, and may be mixed as well with the hue of green. The first recorded use of cerulean as a colour name in English was in 1590.[1] 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
2SnO
4). The pigment was first synthesized in the late eighteenth century by Albrecht Höpfner, a Swiss chemist, and it was known as Höpfner blue during the first half of the nineteenth century. Art suppliers began referring to cobalt stannate as cerulean in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was not widely used by artists until the 1870s when it became available in oil paint.[3]
| Cerulean Blue | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #2A52BE |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (42, 82, 190) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (224°, 78%, 75%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (38, 90, 260°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[4] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
- ^ a b Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, M. Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 190; Colour Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Colour Sample E6.
- ^ "cerulean - Search Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Eastlaugh, Nicholas (2004). The pigment compendium: a dictionary of historical pigments. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 90. ISBN 9780750657495.
- ^ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, M. Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 190; Colour Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Colour Sample L9.