217 Color names for "Blue"

Blue (Crayola) is the color called blue in Crayola crayons. "Blue" was one of the original Crayola crayons formulated in 1903. Crayola can only be displayed approximately on a computer screen. In the 21st century, this hue is classified as an variation of azure that is on the border of blue.

Rhythm is one of the colors on the Resene Color List, a color list widely popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color "rhythm" was formulated in 2004.

The deep tone of electric blue is the color called bleu électrique in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.

RISD blue is a vivid blue color named after Rhode Island School of Design. RISD Blue has been identified as RISD's official color as of September 28, 2022 and is the current official color listed by the Rhode Island School of Design's visual identity. The color is selected because of it is "vibrant and electric hue—rich and saturated" and "it activates any canvas it appears on."

The web color medium blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue.

Horizon blue is a color name famously associated with the blue-grey uniforms worn by French metropolitan troops from 1915 to 1921. The name refers to the indistinct color that separates the sky from the earth. Before its military use, the shade was already popular in the fashion world and has remained in use since then. During World War I, it also became a symbol for political groups aligned with the army.

This color is called "light blue" in Crayola crayons. It was only available in 1958.

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 interior designers.

Light sky blue is a soft, pale shade of blue, reminiscent of a clear sky.

Baby blue is a tint of azure, one of the pastel colors. The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.

Deep sky blue is an azure-cyan color associated with deep sky blue. This color is on the color wheel (RGB/HSV color wheel) halfway between azure and cyan. The traditional name for this color is Capri. The first use of Capri as a color name in English was in 1920. The color Capri in general is named for the azure-cyan color of the Mediterranean Sea around the island of Capri off Italy, the site of several villas belonging to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, including his imperial residence in his later years, the Villa Jovis. Specifically, the color Capri is named after the color of the Blue Grotto on the island of Capri as it appears on a bright sunny day.

Royal blue is a deep and vivid shade of blue. It is said to have been created by clothiers in Rode, Somerset, a consortium of whom won a competition to make a dress for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III.

Blue (Pantone) is the color that is called blue in Pantone. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list.

The color name picton blue dates back to at least 2001, and came into wider use when the Resene Paints colors were used as one of the sources for the Xona Games Color List.

The color name jordy blue has been in use since 2001, when this color was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-4030 TPX—Silver Lake Blue.

This shade of electric blue reflects the kind which is only metaphorically "electric". Its iridescence is also metaphoric.

Medium electric blue is the electric blue that "had an immense vogue in the latter 19th century," sourced from a textile sample from the 1890s. Today, this tone remains typical of "electric blue" fabrics in the mass market.

The strong blue version of Savoy blue is used in the label of the Piedmont Region.

Displayed in the color box is the colour dark sky blue. This is the colour called sky blue in Pantone. The source of this colour is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" colour list, color #14-4318 TPX—Sky Blue.

Byzantine blue is a color ranging from light celestial blue or lazuli to dark Egyptian blue. It is found on Byzantine frescoes of Hagia Sophia, Nerezi (Nerezian blue), in Macedonia.

Cool gray, is a medium light color gray mixed with the color blue. This color is a dull shade of blue-gray. Poet George Sterling once wrote a poem calling San Francisco the "cool grey city of love" The phrase cool grey as applied to San Francisco refers to the frequent fogs from the Pacific Ocean that envelop the city.

Cadet color is a dark shade of cadet grey. The first recorded use of cadet as a color name in English was in 1915.

Columbia blue is a light blue color named after Columbia University. The color itself derives from the official hue of the Philolexian Society, the university's oldest student organization. Although Columbia blue is often identified with Pantone 292, the Philolexian Society first used it in the early 19th century, before the standardization of colors. Pantone 290, a slightly lighter shade of blue, has also been specified by some Columbia University offices, and is the current official color listed by the Columbia University visual communications office.

The web color Powder blue is a light bluish green. The first recorded use of powder blue as a color name in English was in 1774.

The color Iceberg is a soft, pale shade of blue that evokes the cold, crisp, and serene qualities of icebergs floating in the ocean. The first recorded use of iceberg as a color name in English was in 1921. The color displayed in the color box matches the color called iceberg in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color".

Blue-gray was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Blue bell is a shade of blue-gray. It is also a Crayola color. It represents the bluebell flower. The first recorded use of bluebell as a color name in English was in 1920.

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 interior designers.

The medium tone of Persian Blue shown is the color referred to as Persian Blue in color sample #178 of the ISCC-NBS color list.

Darker shade of Columbia blue, a color named after Columbia University. Pantone 285 is one of "Secondary Blues" used by the university.

Berkeley Blue is one of the official colors of the University of California, Berkeley, along with California Gold.Until 2007, the university had used Yale Blue in its place, given Berkeley's historical ties to Yale University, particularly in its founding. Berkeley's school colors are the originators for those of all the campuses in the University of California system, of which Berkeley is the oldest as its flagship.

Dodger blue is a rich bright tone of the color azure named for its use in the uniform of the Los Angeles Dodgers.It is alsoa web color used in the design of web pages.The web color is not used in the Dodgers' uniform but rather resembles the lighter blue used throughout Dodger Stadium.

Savoy blue or savoy azure is a shade of saturated blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, lighter than peacock blue. It owes its name to the fact of being the color of the House of Savoy, a ruling dynasty in the County of Savoy from 1003 to 1416, the Duchy of Savoy from 1416 to 1714, the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946. Having become a national color with the unification of Italy (1859–70), its use continued even after the birth of the Italian Republic (1946) with the name "Italian blue". An Italian-blue border is in fact inserted on the edge of the Presidential Standard of Italy, and the use of the blue scarf for the Italian Armed Forces' officers, for the presidents of the Italian provinces during the official ceremonies, and of the blue jersey for Italian national sports teams it was also maintained in the Republican era.

Uranian blue is a light greenish blue, the color of Uranus.

Cerulean frost is one of the colours in the special set of metallic coloured Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colours of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.

Independence is a dark blue color. The first recorded use of independence as a color name in English was in 1927.

Picotee blue represents the color of the picotee flower. It is a deep shade of indigo, almost resembling St. Patrick's Blue.

Cerulean, also spelled caerulean, is a shade of blue ranging between azure and a darker sky blue. The first recorded use of cerulean as a colour name in English was in 1590. 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".

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.

YInMn Blue (Y for yttrium, In for indium, and Mn for manganese), also known as Oregon Blue or Mas Blue, is an inorganic blue pigment that was discovered by Mas Subramanian and his (then) graduate student, Andrew Smith, at Oregon State University in 2009. The pigment is noteworthy for its vibrant, near-perfect blue color and unusually high NIR reflectance. The chemical compound has a unique crystal structure in which trivalent manganese ions in the trigonal bipyramidal coordination are responsible for the observed intense blue color.

Resolution blue is a vivid blue color. This color name first came into use in 2001 when it was formulated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

The color defined as Blue in the NCS (Natural Color System) is an azure-like shade shown (NCS 2060-B). The “Natural Color System” is widely used in Scandinavia. NCS Blue can only be displayed approximately on a computer screen, as these spectral colors have been adjusted to fit into the sRGB gamut. In the 21st century, this hue is classified as an variation of azure that is on the border of cyan.

True Blue is a tone of blue deeper than powder blue and lighter than royal blue that was the color for all of the athletic teams of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2017. It was developed by the UCLA Athletic Department and Adidas and first introduced on home football jerseys and away basketball jerseys in 2002. True Blue is Pantone Matching System color 2386 C. The color True Blue is a deep tone of azure.

The color Imperial Blue is a deep, rich blue. It is mentioned as tone of indigo on Wikipedia article.

The dark variation is best described as the color of the Byzantine night sky; it resembles dark blue-grey, Prussian and Navy blue, well attested on frescoes and mosaics.

Powder blue is a pale shade of blue. As with most colours, there is no absolute definition of its exact hue. Originally, powder blue, in the 1650s, was powdered smalt (cobalt glass) used in laundering and dyeing applications, and it then came to be used as a colour name from 1894. Powder blue was also used as a colour name in English in 1774, but the exact colour is unclear: it may be a blue-grey or a dark unsaturated blue.

B'dazzled blue is a color in Crayola Metallic FX, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 2001.

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

The color defined as blue in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5B) is shown in color box. The Munsell color system is a way to classify colors based on three key properties: hue (color type), value (lightness), and chroma (color intensity). Developed by artist Albert H. Munsell in the early 20th century, it organizes colors in a 3D model, allowing for precise and consistent color communication across various fields.