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Azure (/ ˈ æ ʒ ər, ˈ eɪ ʒ ər / AZH-ər, AY-zhər, UK also / ˈ æ z jʊər, ˈ eɪ z jʊər / AZ-ure, AY-zure) [2] [3] [4] is the color between cyan and blue on the spectrum of visible light. It is often described as the color of the sky on a clear day.
The term azure shares its origin with the Spanish word "azul", which refers to the same color, deriving from Hispanic Arabic lāzaward, the name of the deep blue stone now called lapis lazuli. [4] The word was adopted into Old French by the 12th century, after which the word passed into use in the blazon of coats of arms .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. Variety of the color blue For other uses, see Shades of Blue (disambiguation). "Shade of Blue" redirects here. For the song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, see Shade of Blue (song). For the R&B/funk band, see Shade of Blue (band). Blue Wavelength 440–490 nm Common connotations ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Colors are an important part of visual arts, fashion, interior design, and many other fields and disciplines. The following is a list of colors. A number of the color swatches below are taken from domain-specific naming schemes such as X11 or HTML4. RGB values are given for each swatch ...
Azure blue: RAL 5010: Gentian blue: U8 line of the Berlin U-Bahn: RAL 5011: Steel blue: RAL 5012: Light blue: U7 line of the Berlin U-Bahn: RAL 5013: Cobalt blue: Deutsche Bundesbahn express locomotives and first class cars 1962–1971 RAL 5014: Pigeon blue: RAL 5015: Sky blue
The metals and common colours of heraldry. One system of hatching is shown at right. Tinctures are the colours, metals, and furs used in heraldry.Nine tinctures are in common use: two metals, or (gold or yellow) and argent (silver or white); the colours gules (red), azure (blue), vert (green), sable (black), and purpure (purple); and the furs ermine, which represents the winter fur of a stoat ...
In some uses, hexadecimal color codes are specified with notation using a leading number sign (#). [1] [2] A color is specified according to the intensity of its red, green and blue components, each represented by eight bits. Thus, there are 24 bits used to specify a web color within the sRGB gamut, and 16,777,216 colors that may be so specified.
The following chart presents the standardized X11 color names from the X.org source code. [12] ... "Azure 4" (131, 139, 139) is close to ...