The term
tint and shade is used in its technical sense as used in
color theory. In this section, the term 'tint' usually refers to a
blueish color mixed with
white or light
gray. The term
shade is used in its technical sense as used in color theory, meaning a blueish color mixed with
black or dark
gray. The colors arranged in order of their value (brightness) (V in the
HSV code), the brighter colors toward the top and the darker colors toward the bottom.
Argentinian blue {{infobox color The web color
Argentinian blue is a light azure color seen on the national flag of Argentina.
Baby blue {{Infobox color
Baby blue is known as one of the
pastel colors. This color is associated with baby boys in
Western culture. The first recorded use of
baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892.
Dark blue {{infobox color
Dark blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue.
Dark sapphire Dark sapphire is a dark tone of sapphire.
Delft blue {{Infobox color
Delft blue is a dark blue color. The name is derived from the Dutch pottery
Delftware, also known simply as "Delft Blue".
Duck blue {{infobox color
Duck blue is a moderate greenish blue.
Duke blue {{Infobox color
Duke blue is a version of royal blue used by
Duke University as one of its primary colors, especially for
athletics.
Egyptian blue {{infobox color
Egyptian blue is a
pigment that was used in
Ancient Egypt.
Fluorescent blue {{infobox color
Fluorescent blue is a shade of blue that is radiant based on
fluorescence. This is the main color on the
Indian 50-rupee note.
Independence Independence is a dark blue color. The first recorded use of
independence as a color name in English was in 1927.
International Klein Blue International Klein Blue (IKB) is a deep
blue hue first mixed by the French
artist Yves Klein. IKB's visual impact comes from its heavy reliance on
ultramarine, as well as Klein's often thick and textured application of
paint to
canvas. Klein never patented the color, only submitting a
Soleau envelope without progressing to the patent stage.
King blue {{Infobox color Displayed as right is the color
king blue, a variant of sapphire with a
violet tone.
Liberty {{infobox color
Liberty is a strong blue color. The first recorded use of
liberty as a color name in English was in 1918.
Light blue {{infobox color The
web color light blue is part of the X11 color system, with a hue code of 194. Variations of this color are known as
sky blue,
baby blue, or angel blue. The first recorded use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in 1915.
Medium blue {{infobox color The web color
medium blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue.
Medium sapphire {{Infobox color
Medium sapphire is the color called
sapphire in
Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 1994.
Midnight blue Midnight blue is an
X11 web color. This color was originally called
midnight. The first recorded use of
midnight as a color name in English was in 1915.
Moroccan blue Moroccan blue (also
Chefchaouen blue) is a vivid blue color.
Navy blue {{infobox color
Navy blue is a shade of the standard (h = 240°) blue.
Navy blue got its name from the dark blue (contrasted with white) worn by sailors in the
Royal Navy since 1748 (originally called
marine blue before 1840) and subsequently adopted by other
navies around the world. The first recorded use of
navy blue as a color name in English was in 1840.
Neon blue {{Infobox color
Neon blue is a vivid purplish blue.
Periwinkle {{infobox color
Periwinkle (also
periwinkle blue or
lavender blue) is a mixture of white, blue, and red. It is named after the
Periwinkle flower and is also commonly referred to as a tone of light blue.
Picotee blue {{infobox color
Picotee blue represents the color of the
picotee flower. It is a deep shade of
indigo, almost resembling
St. Patrick's blue.
Polynesian blue {{infobox color
Polynesian blue is a dark blue color, almost navy.
Powder blue {{infobox color
Powder blue is a light bluish green. The first recorded use of
powder blue as a color name in English was in 1774. It is a
web color.
Process blue {{infobox color
Process blue is a Pantone-defined shade used by the football team the
Carolina Panthers and is sometimes consequently called "Carolina blue" or "Panther blue".
Resolution blue {{infobox color
Resolution blue is a vivid blue color. The color name 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.
Medium sapphire is the color called
sapphire in
Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 1994. '''B'dazzled blue
is a color in Crayola Metallic FX, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 2001. the Pantone Textile Paper Extended (TPX) color list color #18-4231 describes "Blue Sapphire". King blue
is a variant of sapphire with a violet tone. Dark sapphire''' is a dark tone of sapphire.
Sapphire (Maerz and Paul) {{Infobox color Displayed at right is the color
sapphire used in
A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul. The first recorded use of
sapphire as a color name in
English was in 1430.
Sapphire blue {{Infobox color At right is displayed the color
sapphire blue.
Savoy blue {{Infobox Color
Savoy blue, or
savoy azure, is a
shade of saturation blue between
peacock blue and
periwinkle, lighter than peacock blue. It owes its name to its being the color of the
House of Savoy, a
ruling dynasty in Italy from 1861 to 1946. at the
1982 FIFA World Cup Having become a national color with the
unification of Italy (1861), its use continued even after the
birth of the Italian Republic (1946) with the name "Italian blue". An Italian-blue border was 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.
Smalt {{infobox color Smalt has also been known under other names such as
azurblau, Bohemian Blue, Dutch Ultramarine, enamel blue, Isenburg Blue. It was also known by many as Saxon Blue since the primary sources of cobalt ore used to make it were located in Saxony. Smalt predates
Thénard's Blue by several to many hundreds of years, which turned up as a result of the French government's famed search for a synthetic version of Lapis Lazuli. The Napoleonic administration appointed Louis-Jacques Thénard to find a substitute for Lapis Lazuli, and instead he found
Cobalt Blue.
Space cadet {{infobox color
Space cadet is one of the colors on the
Resene Color List, a color list popular in Australia and New Zealand. The color "space cadet" was formulated in 2007.
Spanish blue {{infobox color
Spanish blue is the color that is called
Azul (the Spanish word for "blue") in the (
Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the
Hispanophone realm.
Teal blue {{Infobox color
Teal blue is a medium tone of teal with more blue. The first recorded use of
teal blue as a color name in English was in 1927.
Twin blue {{infobox color
Twin Blue is so named since its HEX color code spells out "BED" twice. The color is also recognized for bearing close semblance to the light
pastel shade of
cyan common on bed sheets.
Ultramarine {{infobox color
Ultramarine is a blue
pigment in use since
medieval times. It was originally derived from
lapis lazuli, a bright blue mineral.
Uranian blue {{Infobox color
Uranian blue is a light greenish blue, the color of the planet
Uranus, which was named after
Uranus, the
primordial god of the
sky and the
heavens in
Greek mythology.
Zaffer Zaffer, a
prescientific, or
alchemical substance, is a deep blue color that is obtained by roasting
cobalt ore, and is made of either an impure form of cobalt oxide or impure cobalt arsenate. During the
Victorian Era, zaffer was used to prepare
smalt and to stain glass blue. The first recorded use of
zaffer as a color name in English was sometime in the 1550s (exact year uncertain). ==Shades of azure==