48 Color names for "Shades Of Azure"

In the X11 color system which became a standard for early web colors, azure is depicted as a pale cyan or whitish cyan rather than a shade of azure. In an artistic context, this color could also be called azure mist or cyan mist.

Azure is the color between cyan and blue on the spectrum of visible light. It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day. On the RGB color wheel, "azure" (hexadecimal #0080FF) is defined as the color at 210 degrees, i.e., the hue halfway between blue and cyan. In the RGB color model, used to create all the colors on a television or computer screen, azure is created by adding a 50% of green light to a 100% of blue light. In the X11 color system, which became a model for early web colors, azure is depicted as a pale cyan or white cyan.

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.

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.

Tufts Blue is the tone of azure blue used in association with Tufts University. Tufts University Relations defines "Tufts Blue" as corresponding to the Pantone color of 279 or the process color of 70c 30m 0y 0k.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #15-3930 TPX—Vista Blue.

The first recorded use of celestial blue as a color name in English was in 1535. The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.

The color resembles the shade of blue seen on the flag of the United Nations.

Polynesian blue is a dark blue color, almost navy.

Honolulu blue is the tone of azure used in association with the Detroit Lions football team.

French blue is a deep azure color commonly used in quality men's dress shirts. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use ofFrench Blue in English was in The Times of 1802.

Spanish blue is the color that is called Azul (the Spanish word for "blue") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Delft blue is a dark blue color. The name is derived from the Dutch pottery Delftware, also known simply as "Delft Blue".

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.

Brandeis blue is the tone of azure used in association with Brandeis University. The university administration defines Brandeis blue as corresponding to the Pantone color of 294 or the process color of 100c 86m 14y w24k.

University of Pennsylvania Blue is one of the official colors of the Penn Quakers, the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania.

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".

Lapis Lazuli is a color that is a representation of the most common color of lapis lazuli.

Yale Blue is the dark azure color used in association with Yale University.

Ruddy blue represents the coloring of the beak of the ruddy duck.

Alice blue is a pale tint of azure that was favored by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American painter and daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, which sparked a fashion sensation in the United States. The hit song "Alice Blue Gown", inspired by Longworth's signature gown, premiered in Harry Tierney's 1919 Broadway musical Irene. The color is specified by the United States Navy for use in insignia and trim on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. "AliceBlue" is also one of the original 1987 X11 color names list.

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.

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.

Steel blue is a shade of blue color that resembles blue steel, i.e., steel which has been subjected to bluing for protection from rust. It is one of the less vibrant shades of blue, and is usually identified as a blue-grey color. The first recorded use of steel blue as a color name in English was in 1817. In 1987, Steel blue was included as one of the X11 colors, later also known as the X11 web colors after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991.

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.

Green-blue was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Dark sapphire is a dark tone of sapphire.

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.

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 tang blue is a deep tone of azure that is the color of royal blue tang fish.

Moroccan blue (also Chefchaouen blue) is a vivid blue color.

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

The first use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in the year 1915. In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (голубой, goluboycode) and dark blue (синий, siniycode). The Ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, gray, or yellow. In Modern Hebrew, light blue, tcheletcode (תכלת) is differentiated from blue, kacholcode (כחול). In Modern Greek, light blue, galaziocode (γαλάζιο) is also differentiated from blue, blecode (μπλε).

The web color Argentinian blue is a light azure color seen on the national flag of Argentina.

Bleu de France is a vivid blue color that has been associated in heraldry with the Kings of France since the 12th century.

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.

Maya blue (Spanish: azul maya) is a unique bright azure blue pigment manufactured by cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, such as the Mayans and Aztecs.

The first recorded use of sky blue as a colour name in English was in 1728 in the Cyclopædia of Ephraim Chambers.

Celtic blue is a shade of blue, also known as glas celtig in Welsh, or gorm ceilteach in both the Irish language and in Scottish Gaelic. Julius Caesar reported (in Commentarii de Bello Gallico) that the Britanni used to colour their bodies blue with vitrum, a word that means primarily "glass", but also the domestic name for the "woad" (Isatis tinctoria), besides the Gaulish loanword glastum (from Proto-Celtic *glastos "green"). The connection seems to be that both glass and the woad are "water-like" (lat. vitrum is from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- "water-like").

Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-light blue containing relatively little green. This hue was one of the favorites of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-dark violet-blue tone.

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.

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.