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  2. Baby blue - Wikipedia

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    Source. Maerz and Paul [ 1] ISCC–NBS descriptor. Very light greenish blue. B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Baby blue, also known as light blue, is a tint of azure, which is one of the pastel colors. [ 2] The first recorded use of baby blue as a color name in English was in 1892. [ 3]

  3. Shades of blue - Wikipedia

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    The web color light blue is part of the X11 color system, with a hue code of 194. This color is closer to cyan than to blue. Variations of this color are known as sky blue, baby blue, or angel blue. The first recorded use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in the year 1915.

  4. List of historical sources for pink and blue as gender ...

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    The fantastic garb of coronet and beads constitute one of the most picturesque costumes in Russia; and you can tell by its color whether her charge is a boy or a girl. If a boy, the prevailing color will be blue; if a girl, pink. [38] 1892: USA Philadelphia: The Peterson Magazine. BABY'S BLANKET: "Blue is used for boys', pink is for girls'. [39 ...

  5. Gendered associations of pink and blue - Wikipedia

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    Pink and blue were used together as "baby colors". Birth announcements and baby books used both colors well into the 1950s, and then gradually became accepted as feminine and masculine colors. Styles and colors formerly considered neutral, including flowers, dainty trim , and the color pink, became more associated with only girls and women. [ 3 ]

  6. Standard Color Reference of America - Wikipedia

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    The Standard Color Reference of America (and its supplement the U.S. Army Color Card) is a book of reference fabric swatches of different colors produced by The Color Association of the United States (CAUS), each color specified by “cable number” (and therefore sometimes known as cable colors ). Until its 10th edition in 1981, the guide was ...

  7. Blue baby syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Blue baby syndrome can refer to conditions that cause cyanosis, or blueness of the skin, in babies as a result of low oxygen levels in the blood. This term has traditionally been applied to cyanosis as a result of:. [ 1] Cyanotic heart disease, which is a category of congenital heart defect that results in low levels of oxygen in the blood. [ 2]

  8. Robin egg blue - Wikipedia

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    Brilliant bluish green. B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue or robin's-egg blue, [ 1] is a shade of teal (a blue-green color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin, an abundant songbird of North America. The egg pigment is biliverdin, a product of the breakdown of heme.

  9. Air Force blue - Wikipedia

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    Moderate greenish blue. B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Air Force blue, more specifically Air Force blue (RAF) or RAF blue, is a medium shade of the colour azure. The shade derives from the light blue uniforms issued to the newly formed British Royal Air Force in 1920, which were influential in the design of the uniforms of some other air ...