7 Color names for "Air Force Blue"

Air Force blue, more specifically Air Force blue (RAF) or RAF blue, is a medium shade of the colour azure. The shade derives from the light blue uniforms issued to the newly formed British Royal Air Force in 1920, which were influential in the design of the uniforms of some other air forces around the world. Similar shades are still used in Royal Air Force uniforms and the Royal Air Force Ensign.

The color Air Superiority Blue, also known as PRU Blue, is shown. Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) Blue was devised by Sidney Cotton for the RAF during WW II as a low visibility camouflage colour for its high-flying Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft. As "air superiority blue" it was then adopted by the US Army Air Forces and was added as one of the colours when the Federal Standard 595 colour list was set up in 1956. This colour is used as camouflage by being painted on the bottom sides of reconnaissance aircraft to make them less visible from the ground.

This Crayola colour was formulated in 2003. It is intended to represent the colour of the sky on a cloudy, stormy day.

The first recorded use of aero as a colour name in English was in 1920.

US Air Force blue is designated as the colour Pantone 287.

The US Air Force Academy uses a particular shade of azure, subtly different from US Air Force blue, in its sporting and other insignia, described as USAFA blue in official documentation.

Air force blue is also known as RAF blue. This is the tone of air force blue used by the Royal Air Force, the first air force to choose an "air force blue" color by which to identify itself, in 1920. The color "air force blue" is a medium tone of azure since it has a hue code of 204 which is a hue code between 195 and 225, signifying a tone of azure.