Powder blue

Powder blue

Powder blue may refer to two different colors. Originally, it referred to a dark blue color, but it has since come to refer to a pale blue color, possibly because the name reminded people of baby powder and so people thought of it as a color similar to baby blue. The original color is now called "dark powder blue".

The paler variant is often associated with Powder Snow.

Powder blue (web color powder blue)

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The web color powder blue is shown on the right.

The first recorded use of "powder blue" (the pale blue color) as a color name in English was in 1894. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202. See color sample of Powder Blue Page 95--Plate 36 Color Sample H2 ]

Dark powder blue (Smalt)

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h=220|s= 70|v= 60
The color dark powder blue, also called smalt, is displayed to the right. The original powder blue color referred to smalt, a crushed-glass product used in laundering and dying applications and of a deep, dark blue hue.

The first recorded use of "powder blue" (the dark blue color) as a color name in English was in 1707. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202. See color sample of Powder Blue (Smalt) Page 109--Plate 43 Color Sample D11 ]

Powder blue in human culture

Child development
* Powder blue is often associated with infants.Military

*"Dark powder blue" was the color of the U.S. Air Force service dress uniform before the uniform was changed to a new cut in darker Prussian blue. The old cut and color are still used for uniforms at the Air Force Academy.

Music
*The United States rock group Ween has released a song titled "Powder Blue" on their album "12 Golden Country Greats".

*The Canadian "Folk rock" group Barenaked Ladies has a song titled "Powder Blue" on their "Pinch Me" single'.

*Vain, a rock group from the United States, released their 1995 album "Fade" containing a song called "Powder Blue".

*The album "Asleep in the Back" by the band Elbow contains a song entitled "Powder Blue".

Sports

* The Denver Nuggets and the San Diego Chargers wear powder blue team colors as of 2007.
* In 2008, the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays will revive versions of their old powder blue uniforms.
*The Sacramento Kings also wore powder blue uniforms during the late 1980s.
* The UCLA Bruins have worn powder blue sports uniforms since the 1950s.

References

See also

* List of colors

External links

* [http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/smalt.html Smalt]


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