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Celeste (Spanish: [θeˈleste, se-], Italian: [tʃeˈlɛste], English: / s ɪ ˈ l ɛ s t /) is the colloquial name for the pale turquoise blue colour. The same word, meaning "of the sky", is used in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian for the colour. Etymologically, it is derived by Latin term caelestis, that means del cielo in Italian. [3]
Capri or deep sky blue is a deep shade of sky blue which is between cyan and azure on the color wheel. The color Capri in general is named for the color of the Mediterranean Sea around the island of Capri off Italy, the site of several villas belonging to the Roman Emperor Tiberius, including his Imperial residence in his later years, the Villa Jovis.
Natural light sources in a night sky include moonlight, starlight, and airglow, depending on location and timing. The fact that the sky is not completely dark at night can be easily observed. Were the sky (in the absence of moon and city lights) absolutely dark, one would not be able to see the silhouette of an object against the sky.
In Hebrew the azure color is called Tekhelet ("תכלת"). Tekhelet and white are sacred colors for the Jewish people. In the Torah there is a mitzva to put a Tekhelet thread in the tzitzit. The colors Tekhelet and white are the National colors of Israel and appear in the flag of Israel (where the Tekhelet resembles blue).
There are also common words for light blue (e.g. the color of the cloudless sky): azzurro and celeste, and other for darker shades, e.g. indaco, indigo. Azzurro, the equivalent of the English azure, is usually considered a separate basic color rather than a shade of blu (similar to the distinction in English between red and pink).
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A coloring book (British English: colouring-in book, colouring book, or colouring page) is a type of book containing line art to which people are intended to add color using crayons, colored pencils, marker pens, paint or other artistic media. Traditional coloring books and coloring pages are printed on paper or card.
Deep sky blue is an azure-cyan color associated with deep sky blue. Deep sky blue is a web color. This color is on the color wheel (RGB/HSV color wheel) halfway between azure and cyan. The traditional name for this color is Capri. [61] The first use of Capri as a color name in English was in 1920. [62]