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A cornflower
Cornflower blue (X11) Hex triplet #6495ED sRGB B r g b (100, 149, 237) HSV (h s v (219°, 58%, 93%) CIELChuv (L C h (62, 83, 254°) Source X11 ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant blue B
Cornflower (Crayola) Hex triplet #93CCEA sRGB B r g b (147, 204, 234) HSV (h s v (201°, 37%, 92%) CIELChuv (L C h (79, 42, 228°) Source Crayola ISCC–NBS descriptor Very light greenish blue B
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 .[1]
Cornflower blue sapphire
The most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-dark violet-blue hue.[2]
Uses
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Robert Boyle
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Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower.[3] Boyle's Blue [4] Cyan Blue .[5] [6]
X11
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Cornflower blue is a defined color in the X Window (X11) color scheme.[7] named color for webpages .
HTML
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CornFlowerBlue ( ) is an HTML color name, its hexadecimal code is #6495ED.[8]
Crayola
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Cornflower is a Crayola color with hexadecimal code #93CCEA.[9] crayons . The color is also called light cornflower.[10]
RAL
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Cornflower Blue RAL code is RAL 270 50 40[11]
Microsoft XNA
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Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in the XNA framework .
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Coat color of Bavarian infantry in the early 19th Century especially found in the Napoleonic Era.
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In popular culture
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The German popular song "Kornblumenblau" (literally "cornflower blue") humorously glorifies extreme drunkenness, blau being German slang for "drunk" and cornflower blue being an intense shade of the color.[13]
In Chuck Palahniuk 's Fight Club , Cornflower blue is a color associated with the Narrator's boss; it is revealed that he chose that particular shade of blue to highlight an icon.[14]
See also
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References
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^ The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments , Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall, 2004, Routledge, ISBN 9781136373855
^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments ISBN 9781136373855
^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments ISBN 9781136373855
^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments ISBN 9781136373855
^ Color Library documentation, Color::Library::Dictionary::X11 - (X11) Colors for the X11 Window System (rgb.txt) Archived 2013-06-27 at archive.today (accessed 2012-06-29)
^ "CornFlowerBlue" . html-color-names.com . Retrieved August 28, 2016 .
^ "Cornflower / #93ccea Hex Color Code Schemes and Paints" . encycolorpedia.com . Retrieved 15 August 2018 .
^ "Light cornflower / #93ccea hex color" . ColorHexa . Retrieved 15 August 2018 .
^ "Colour RAL 270 50 40 / Cornflower blue | RAL colour chart UK" .
^ With Eagles To Glory/John Gill 1992 ISBN 1-85367-130-4 Pg.66 Table 2-1: The Bavarian Army in April 1809 (Line Infantry Regiments)
^ "Kornblumenblau / Es gibt kein Plätzchen auf Erden free midi mp3 download Strand Hotel Sechelt bed breakfast" . Ingeb.org . Retrieved 20 November 2017 .
^ Palahniuk, Fight Club , 1999, p. 49.
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 3 0 O c t o b e r 2 0 2 3 , a t 0 0 : 4 1 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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