Cerulean blue
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| Cerulean blue | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #2A52BE | |
| RGBa | (r, g, b) | (42, 82, 190) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (224°, 78%, 75%) |
| a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Cerulean blue is a cerulean (light blue or azure) pigment used in artistic painting. It is particularly valuable for painting atmospheric shades because of the purity of the blue (specifically the lack of greenish hues). The pigment is regarded as permanent: in oil, no other blue pigment retains color as well.
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[edit] History
Discovered in 1805 by Andreas Höpfner, the pigment was first marketed in 1860 as "coeruleum" by George Rowney of the United Kingdom. The primary chemical constituent is cobalt(II) stannate.
[edit] Other uses
In Kanto, a fictional land in the Pokémon series, there was a city named Cerulean (which first appeared in Pokémon Red and Blue and also in pokémon green and Yellow, and was tinted in a cerulean blue colour. Additionally the entire game of Pokemon blue appears in cerulean blue (as well as minor red colors) when played in a Game Boy Color (as well as Game Boy Advance) or the Nintendo Gamecube's Game Boy Player peripheral, and by using the pallette change function on any of the three above game systems, one may use a cerulean and green pallette in any games pre Gameboy Color.
"Cerulean blue" was also the trigger word in a pivotal episode of X-Files featuring a recurring villain, Pusher, who could force his will on others, or push people into doing things.
"Cerulean Blue" is also the name of a popular Syracuse-based band.
The use of cerulean blue in clothes is explained by Miranda Priestly in the movie The Devil Wears Prada.
[edit] Chemical name
Cobalt(II)-stannate
