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| Glaucous | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #6082B6 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (96, 130, 182) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (216°, 47%, 71%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (54, 51, 250°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Glaucous (from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós) 'blue-green, blue-grey') is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus), and glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa).
The term glaucous is also used botanically as an adjective to mean "covered with a greyish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off" (e.g. glaucous leaves).[1][2]
The first recorded use of glaucous as a color name in English was in the year 1671.[3]
- ^ "Glaucous". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "glaucous". Collins. Collins English Library. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Glaucous, a.". Oxford English Dictionary. 2010.