Persian blue

For the breed of cat known as a Persian Blue, or Blue Persian, see Persian (cat) .

Persian blue (not to be confused with prussian blue) comes in three major tones: Persian blue proper—a bright medium blue; medium Persian blue (a medium slightly grayish blue that is slightly indigoish); and a kind of dark blue that is much closer to the web color indigo; this darker shade of Persian blue is referred to as Persian indigo, dark Persian blue. or regimental.).

Other colors associated with Persia include Persian Pink, Persian red and Persian green.

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Persian blue

The color Persian blue is named from the blue color of some Persian pottery and the color of tiles used in and on mosques and palaces in Iran and in other places in the Middle East. Persian blue is a representation of the color of the mineral lapis lazuli which comes from Persia and Afghanistan. (The color azure is also named after the mineral lapis lazuli.)

The first recorded use of Persian blue as a color name in English was in 1669.[1]

Persian blue

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #0067A5
RGBB (r, g, b) (0, 103, 165)
HSV (h, s, v) (248°, 75%, 48%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Persian indigo

Persian indigo is also called dark Persian blue. Another name for this color (seldom used nowadays) is regimental.

Persian indigo is named for an association with a product from Persia: Persian cloth dyed with indigo.

The first recorded use of regimental (the original name for the color now called Persian indigo) as a color name in English was in 1912.[2]

References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Persian blue: Page 95 Plate 36 Color Sample L4
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; color sample of Regimental: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample C10

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