Baby blue
| Baby blue | ||
|---|---|---|
| (80, 48, 227°) | ||
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] | |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light greenish blue | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Baby blue is a
The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.[3]
Variations of baby blue
Beau blue
| Beau blue | ||
|---|---|---|
| (84, 22, 232°) | ||
| Source | Plochere | |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very pale blue | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
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
Baby blue eyes
| Baby blue eyes | ||
|---|---|---|
| (80, 43, 240°) | ||
| Source | Plochere | |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light blue | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Baby blue eyes is a rich tone of baby blue.
The source of this color is the color that is called baby blue eyes in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by
Little boy blue
| Little boy blue | ||
|---|---|---|
| (65, 62, 246°) | ||
| Source | Pantone TPX[5] | |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light blue | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Little boy blue is a deep tone of baby blue.[6]
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-4132 TPX—Little Boy Blue.[7]
Baby blue in human culture
In
In the late 1960s,
Baby blue is an official color used in the flag of Argentina.
See also
- Light sky blue– a similar shade, named in the X11/html color family
- Baby pink
- List of colors
- Pinkstinks
References
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called baby blue in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color baby blue is displayed on page 93, Plate 35, Color Sample E2.
- ^ Foster, John C. "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ba through Bz". tx4.us. Archived from the original on 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Baby Blue: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample E2
- ^ a b Plochere Color System: Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Type the words "Little Boy Blue" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear.
- ^ "Baby Name".
- ^ PANTONE. "Search - Find a PANTONE Color". www.pantone.com.
- ^ "Photo: Line-up of Nova's, San Francisco, CA, Police - Tony Sollecito album - copcar dot com - Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy". public.fotki.com.