Cerulean blue
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| Cerulean blue | ||
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| — 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] Cerulean blue in human culture
Film
- The use of cerulean blue in clothes is explained by Miranda Priestly in the movie The Devil Wears Prada.
Television
- "Cerulean blue" was the trigger word in a pivotal episode of The X-Files featuring a recurring villain, Pusher, who could force his will on others, or push people into doing things.
[edit] Chemical name
Cobalt(II)-stannate
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