Cerulean

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Cerulean
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#007BA7
RGBa	(r, g, b)	(0, 123, 167)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(196°, 100%, 65%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This article is about the colour. For the company, see Cerulean Studios

Cerulean is a range of colors from deep blue, sky-blue, bright blue or azure color through greenish blue colors. The word cerulean is derived from the Latin word "caeruleum", which means sky or heavens. This was in turn from Latin caeruleus dark blue: resembling the blue of the sky.

Contents 1 Use in artistic painting 2 Cerulean in human culture 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Use in artistic painting

In classical times, this term was used to describe blue pigments, particularly mixtures of copper and cobaltous oxides. These early attempts to create sky blue colors were often less than satisfactory due to greenish hues and lack of permanence. When the pigment cerulean blue was invented, it largely superseded all these prior pigments.

[edit] Cerulean in human culture

Film

• The Devil Wears Prada (film) - "But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean."

Graphic Design

• Cerulean is...

  "...the color of the sky on a serene, crystal clear day,"

  according to Pantone, Inc.

Music

• Cerulean is an IDM band out of Boston, Massachusetts, consisting of Tony Gaetani and some of his friends. The album 'Make These Songs Into an Album' topped the charts in 2006.
• Cerulean is the album title for the September 10, 1991 music release by the band "The Ocean Blue".

Television

• Cerulean is important in The X-Files episodes Pusher and Kitsunegari as a hypnotic catalyst a criminal uses (repeating cerulean over and over again to lull his victim).
• There is a city and a gym badge named Cerulean in the Pokémon Kanto region.

Video Games

• Cerulean is also the name of a city in the English translation of Pokémon Red and Blue.
• Cerulean is a name given to Azul in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- for his blue hair.

[edit] See also

• Cerulean blue
• List of colors

[edit] References

					Shades of blue
Alice blue	Azure	Baby blue	Blue	Cerulean	Cerulean blue	Cobalt blue	Cornflower blue	Dark blue	Denim	Dodger blue	Indigo	International Klein Blue
Lavender	Light blue	Midnight Blue	Navy blue	Periwinkle	Persian blue	Powder blue	Prussian blue	Royal blue	Sapphire	Steel blue	Ultramarine

					Shades of cyan
Alice blue	Aqua	Aquamarine	Baby blue	Bondi blue	Cerulean	Cyan	Pine green	Robin egg blue	Teal	Turquoise	Viridian