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[[Midnight Blue (Lou Gramm song)]]. |
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'''[[Comic books]]''' |
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* There is a comic-book character called Midnight Blue.<ref> [http://www.comicvine.com/midnight-blue/29-55119/ Midnight Blue]</ref> |
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'''[[Fashion]]''' |
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* Midnight blue is an alternative to black as a color for [[black tie|dinner jackets]]. Due to the deepness of the color, midnight blue formal clothes are almost indistinguishable from black. This has been the case since the 1930s, when the [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Duke of Windsor]] popularized the color in suits and tuxedos. |
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'''[[Military]]''' |
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* The dark blue of [[Uniforms of the United States Army|US Army]] and [[Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]] dress blue uniform coats is called midnight blue. |
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* ''[[US Air Force]] Midnight Blue'' is the color used on ABU (Air Battle Uniform) nametapes and rank insignia. A thread color from the manufactures American and Efird that is used by a major supplier of military nametapes is color number 51621. Madeira embroidery thread (100% Viscose) color 1244 is also a very dark midnight (almost black) blue thread. |
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* The [[Special Reconnaissance Regiment]] uses Midnight Blue on its stable belts, as a flat colour all round. |
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'''[[Sports]]''' |
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* The [[University of Toledo]] [[Toledo Rockets|Rockets]] use midnight blue and gold as their official team colors.<ref>[http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=1255502 School Colors – University of Toledo Athletics.]</ref> |
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'''[[Web site design]]''' |
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* As it is a [[web-safe color]], Midnight blue is an extremely popular color choice, showing up on various websites, including the latest version of [[Google]]'s blog service, [[Blogger.com|Blogger]]. |
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'''[[Music]]''' |
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* In 1987 rock vocalist [[Lou Gramm]] released a single entitled [[Midnight Blue (Lou Gramm song)]]. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 12:09, 3 October 2013
Midnight blue is a dark shade of blue named for its resemblance to the identifiably blue color of a moonlit night sky on or near the night of a full moon. Midnight blue is the color of a vat full of Indigo dye; therefore, midnight blue may also be considered a dark shade of indigo. Midnight blue is identifiably blue to the eye in sun-light or full-spectrum light, but can appear black under certain more limited spectrums sometimes found in artificial lighting (especially early 20th century incandescent). It is similar to navy, which is a also a dark blue.
There are two major shades of midnight blue—the X11 color and the Crayola color. This color was originally called midnight. The first recorded use of midnight as a color name in English was in 1915.[1]
Midnight blue
| Midnight Blue | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #191970 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (25, 25, 112) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (240°, 78%, 44%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (16, 49, 266°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color midnight blue.
This is the X11 web color midnight blue.
Variations of midnight blue
Dark midnight blue
| Midnight Blue (Crayola) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #003366 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 51, 102) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (210°, 100%, 40%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (21, 42, 253°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the dark shade of midnight blue that is called midnight blue in Crayola crayons.
Midnight blue has been an official Crayola color since 1958; before that, since having been formulated by Crayola in 1949, it was called Prussian blue.
Midnight Blue (Lou Gramm song).
See also
References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Midnight: Page 103 Plate 40 Color Sample A8