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]
Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower.[3] This was also called Boyle's Blue[4] and Cyan Blue.[5] This dye color, however, was not widely commercialized.[6]
CornFlowerBlue () is an HTML color name, its hexadecimal code is #6495ED.[8]
Crayolaedit
Cornflower is a Crayolacolor with hexadecimal code #93CCEA.[9] It was originally introduced in 1958, in the box of 48 crayons. The color is also called light cornflower.[10]
Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in the XNA framework.
Bavarian Infantry Uniform Coloredit
Coat color of Bavarian infantry in the early 19th Century especially found in the Napoleonic Era. [12]
In popular cultureedit
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]
^The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments, Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall, 2004, Routledge, ISBN9781136373855
^Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. Routledge. ISBN9781136373855.
^Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. Routledge. ISBN9781136373855.
^Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (30 March 2007). The Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments. Routledge. ISBN9781136373855.
^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.
cornflower, blue, other, uses, cornflower, shade, medium, light, blue, containing, relatively, little, green, this, favorites, dutch, painter, johannes, vermeer, cornflower, color, coordinateshex, triplet, 6495edsrgbb, cielchuv, sourcex11iscc, descriptorbrilli. For other uses see Cornflower 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 A cornflowerCornflower blue X11 Color coordinatesHex triplet 6495EDsRGBB r g b 100 149 237 HSV h s v 219 58 93 CIELChuv L C h 62 83 254 SourceX11ISCC NBS descriptorBrilliant blueB Normalized to 0 255 byte Cornflower Crayola Color coordinatesHex triplet 93CCEAsRGBB r g b 147 204 234 HSV h s v 201 37 92 CIELChuv L C h 79 42 228 SourceCrayolaISCC NBS descriptorVery light greenish blueB Normalized to 0 255 byte Cornflower blue sapphireThe most valuable blue sapphires are called cornflower blue having a medium dark violet blue hue 2 Contents 1 Uses 1 1 Robert Boyle 1 2 X11 1 3 HTML 1 4 Crayola 1 5 RAL 1 6 Microsoft XNA 1 7 Bavarian Infantry Uniform Color 2 In popular culture 3 See also 4 ReferencesUses editRobert Boyle edit Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower 3 This was also called Boyle s Blue 4 and Cyan Blue 5 This dye color however was not widely commercialized 6 X11 edit Cornflower blue is a defined color in the X Window X11 color scheme 7 As such it is a color available as a named color for webpages HTML edit CornFlowerBlue is an HTML color name its hexadecimal code is 6495ED 8 Crayola edit Cornflower is a Crayola color with hexadecimal code 93CCEA 9 It was originally introduced in 1958 in the box of 48 crayons The color is also called light cornflower 10 RAL edit Cornflower Blue RAL code is RAL 270 50 40 11 Microsoft XNA edit Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in the XNA framework Bavarian Infantry Uniform Color edit Coat color of Bavarian infantry in the early 19th Century especially found in the Napoleonic Era 12 In popular culture editThe 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 editList of colorsReferences edit Jan Vermeer of Delft hollandhistory net Holland History Retrieved 2016 12 30 Parker Sybil P ed 1997 cornflower McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science amp Technology Vol 16 McGraw Hill p 30 ISBN 9780079115041 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 Routledge ISBN 9781136373855 Eastaugh Nicholas Walsh Valentine Chaplin Tracey Siddall Ruth 30 March 2007 The Pigment Compendium A Dictionary of Historical Pigments Routledge ISBN 9781136373855 Eastaugh Nicholas Walsh Valentine Chaplin Tracey Siddall Ruth 30 March 2007 The Pigment Compendium A Dictionary of Historical Pigments Routledge 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 Platzchen auf Erden free midi mp3 download Strand Hotel Sechelt bed breakfast Ingeb org Retrieved 20 November 2017 Palahniuk Fight Club 1999 p 49 nbsp This color related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cornflower blue amp oldid 1182552319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
