Cerulean
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Cerulean is a range of colours from teal-blue, sky-blue, bright blue, or azure to deep cyan. The word cerulean comes from the Latin word caeruleum, which means "sky" or "heavens". This was in turn from Latin caeruleus deep blue: resembling the blue of the sky.
In classical times, this term was used to describe blue pigments, particularly mixtures of copper and cobaltous oxides, called genuine cerulean. These early attempts to create sky blue colours were often less than satisfactory due to greenish hues and lack of permanence. When the artificial pigment cerulean blue was invented people started using this instead.
The first recorded use of cerulean as a colour name in English was in 1590.[1]
Meaning of cerulean
- Cerulean represents the "sky" or "heavens", or sometimes the ocean.
- The United States Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team wears uniforms that are a bright rich tone of cerulean.[2]
Tones of cerulean color comparison chart
| Name | Color | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Cerulean | #A8D9F3 | 168 | 217 | 243 | 201° | 76% | 81% | Gallego & Sanz (Ceruleo Inspecifico) | |
| Pale Cerulean | #98B4D4 | 152 | 180 | 212 | 212° | 41% | 71% | Pantone TPX 15-4020 | |
| Cerulean Frost | #6D9BC3 | 109 | 155 | 195 | 208° | 42% | 60% | (Crayola Silver Swirls) | |
| Light Artificial Cerulean | #3AA1C1 | 58 | 161 | 193 | 194° | 54% | 49% | (Gallego & Sanz) Ceruleo Sustituto Aclarado | |
| Bright Cerulean | #02A4D3 | 2 | 164 | 211 | 193° | 98% | 42% | (Crayola Cerulean) | |
| Genuine Cerulean | #0096D6 | 0 | 150 | 210 | 198° | 100% | 42% | Gallego & Sanz Ceruleo Genuino | |
| French Cerulean | #0F9DEB | 15 | 157 | 235 | 201° | 88% | 49% | Pourpre.com (Intense) Ceruleen Intense | |
| French Cerulean | #357AB7 | 53 | 122 | 183 | 208° | 55% | 46% | Pourpre.com (Somber) Ceruleen Sombre | |
| Cerulean Blue Hue | #3176AF | 49 | 118 | 173 | 207° | 56% | 44% | Liquitex Basic Colors #470 | |
| Cerulean Blue | #2A52BE | 42 | 82 | 190 | 224° | 64% | 45% | Maerz & Paul (Cerulean blue pigment) | |
| Cerulean | #007BA7 | 0 | 123 | 167 | 196° | 100% | 33% | (Cerulean pigment) | |
| Artificial Cerulean | #006594 | 0 | 101 | 148 | 199° | 100% | 29% | Gallego & Sanz Ceruleo Sustituto | |
| Dark Cerulean | #08457E | 8 | 69 | 126 | 209° | 88% | 26% |
Cerulean Media
Ceruleum Blue Pigment PB35
A sample swatch of cerulean blue hue oil paint. "Hue" in this instance means that other pigments have been used to mimic the color of oil paint that contains the original pigment.
Cerulean blue pigment in oil. On the left as a standoil glaze over zinc white; on the right as a mass tone in oil-based paint.
Claude Monet, La Gare Saint-Lazare, 1887
Berthe Morisot, Summer's Day, 1879
Symbol of the United Nations
Related pages
References
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Cerulean: Page 89 Plate 33 Color Sample E6
- ↑ "2004 Photo of Navy Blue Angels aerobatic team". Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-02-18.