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  2. Blue in culture - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Greeks classified colors by whether they were light or dark, rather than by their hue. The Greek word for dark blue, kyaneos, could also mean dark green, violet, black or brown. The ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, grey, or yellow. [17] The Greeks imported indigo dye from India, calling it ...

  3. Blue - Wikipedia

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    In heraldry, the word azure is used for blue. [9] In Russian, Spanish, [10] Mongolian, Irish, and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (голубой, goluboj; Celeste) and dark blue (синий, sinij; Azul) (see Colour term).

  4. Cerulean - Wikipedia

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    The word is derived from the Latin word caeruleus (Latin: [kae̯ˈru.le.us]), "dark blue, blue, or blue-green", which in turn probably derives from caerulum, diminutive of caelum, "heaven, sky". [2] "Cerulean blue" is the name of a blue-green pigment consisting of cobalt stannate (Co 2 SnO 4). The pigment was first synthesized in the late ...

  5. Color term - Wikipedia

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    In Serbo-Croatian there are differences in dark brown (mrk), brown (smeđ and kestenjast), red (crven), pink (ružičast), and orange (narandžast), as well as in blue hues: navy blue (teget), dark blue (modar), blue (plav), and ash blue (sinj). An interesting case that deviates from this pattern is Irish's two words for green:

  6. Basic Color Terms - Wikipedia

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    Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution (1969; ISBN 1-57586-162-3) is a book by Brent Berlin and Paul Kay.Berlin and Kay's work proposed that the basic color terms in a culture, such as black, brown, or red, are predictable by the number of color terms the culture has.

  7. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words popularized from Black Twitter that have helped shape the internet. ... "Brazy" is another word for "crazy," replacing the "c" with a "b." It can also be ...

  8. Light blue - Wikipedia

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    The first use of "light blue" as a color term in English is in the year 1915. [2] In Russian and some other languages, there is no single word for blue, but rather different words for light blue (голубой, goluboy) and dark blue (синий, siniy). The Ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, gray, or ...

  9. Shades of blue - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 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 ...