Talk:Royal blue

That is not royal Blue

That is not royal Blue; [1] that is Royal Blue.

What is the color code then? - BlackWidower 00:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

After a quick look in Photoshop (using the color picker)

Hex triplet: #24245e
8-bit RGB: (36, 36, 94)
HSV: (240, 62%, 37%)
CMYK: (100, 98, 28, 27)
Lab: (17, 15, -35)

That looks more like the royal blue I am used to. It seems to me that there might be a disrepancy between HTML colors and fashion colors. Or perhaps there are cultural differences on the definition of the color. The closest "web-safe" color is #333366, which, as far as I can tell, has no HTML name.

--trlkly 15:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

There seems to be a cultural difference. Bowes Primary School states that the school colour is royal blue. However, the blue in their photographs is not the dark blue described in this article, but the royal blue I grew up with in Enfield. Is there sufficient evidence of this cultural difference to justify mentioning it in the article? Coyets 17:29, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I found another photograph in which the site states that the colour is royal blue and the hue is more like that of Bowes Primary School. It is Enfield Town Ladies F.C.. Coyets 17:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Document your source

At the risk of getting in a revision war with someone, I am reverting the Royal Blue entry. The older version omits the W3 official standard color of "royalblue". I also added dictionary definition of "royal blue."

For whomever reverted, where did the color RGB: (36, 36, 94) come from? If you cannot document your source, please refain from contributing to the encyclopedia. Tee Owe 23:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've just reverted an edit citing a source for the colour royal blue, not the web colour. Can I just point out that the site sources shows royalblue as the web colour and royal as the 'proper' royal blue. LookingYourBest 21:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Source for new Royal Blue

The color "Royal Blue" came from this site *as well as* the webcolor. This was changed by Tee Owe as the original color before he came along came from photoshop, #24245e, as stated earlier in this discussion. Personally I prefer the older color. Alekti 21:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

EU Flag remark

I've just removed a comment about the EU Flag having a "dark shade of Royal blue". I've removed it as it's a tad ambiguous. The EU Flag page states the colour is Reflex Blue. If we are going to list things that are lighter or darker shades of this colour we could list pretty much anything that's blue! LookingYourBest 12:41, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ambiguous

The article is full of ambiguity regarding the specific shade of royal blue, and for this reason I have tagged it as disputed.

Royal blue describes both a bright shade and a dark range of blue. References to specific colours in the article will need clarification.

Royal blue is the official color used in the flags of ... Light royal blue or dark royal blue?

Royal blue and white are the traditional colors of the North Melbourne AFL team. Light royal blue or dark royal blue?

And so on. The article is highly unreliable as a guide to the specific colours used by specific organisations. -- B.D.Mills (T, C) 23:35, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that Chelsea and Portsmouth are listed as using royal blue but they generally have a lighter shade. The link referencing portsmouth's use of the colour doesn't mention royal blue at all. Should I remove these? 78.148.202.171 (talk) 19:36, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of fake diseases

"Film

   * In the film Liar, Liar, Jim Carrey, playing the main protagonist, unsuccessfully attempts to lie that a Royal Blue pen is in fact red.[1]"

No Wikipedia is definitely not run by asperger's victims. oh wait. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.75.118.112 (talk) 02:49, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It might be an idea to delete the page and point Royal Blue to Tyrian purple (which has accurate information) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.80.128.183 (talk) 01:30, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Royal Blue in culture: I've deleted most lists of random crap

I've just edited out lists of music albums, movies ("Liar, Liar"'s script had a passing reference to this color and it got mentioned!), sports teams, fraternities, universities, and anything having the words "royal blue" in its title. Wikipedia is not a collection of random lists. I left two items: the color in religion and in country flags, which seems reasonable and to the point. If anyone disagrees, please reintroduce lists *thoughtfully* -- I don't want to read a large lists of sororities and postal services who may or may not include the color royal blue in their uniforms! 201.216.245.25 (talk) 19:21, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy snoop! Are you going to trawl wikipedia and delete what you term as 'crap' from every colour's article or are you just picking on this one? The majority of the stuff you just blanked was correctly sourced! You're going to upset people with this attitude! Don't you think coming here and discussing it a little first would have been more diplomatic? What about users who DO 'want to read a large lists [sic] of ...'? One man's crap is another man's treasure! --LookingYourBest (talk) 21:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

While I don't like the WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument, it's true that there's lots of precedent for such lists. Also some precedent from removing them, or at least pruning them; for example, Green was cleaned up a few months ago, to the delight of all involved. I went ahead and removed a few of the worst cruft items (unsourced and irrelevant junk). I'd recommend such an incremental approach, so that you can discuss items where someone pushes back, and get them to find better sourcing if needed. Dicklyon (talk) 07:23, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whether you approve of a Wikipedia policy or not doesn't make it any less the policy. Being able to cite a "precedent" for behavior contrary to policy doesn't make the policy any less of a policy. This is not a democracy. Wikipedia has policies, and one of them states that it is not a collection of random lists. Just because every damn fanboy can edit the article to include all his favorite cruft does not mean the cruft belongs here, or even that anyone is entitled to vote on its preservation. It's against policy. It must be removed. I approve of 201.216.245.25's boldness. 12.233.146.130 (talk) 20:27, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Traditional RP Hex Value

The hex value (and the background color of the box) currently in the article is 002366. Is this correct and not a typo? From what I understand, it should be 230066. The colour is supposed to have a slight purplish colour (slight hint of red), instead, the example and hex value in the article is slightly green. Even the lede of this article states that this is so. As the example and its hex value currently exists, there is no red component at all (ie., it's 00 hex) — al-Shimoni (talk) 05:42, 20 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No feedback? — al-Shimoni (talk) 23:15, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Flags

Royal blue is not the official colour of the New Zealand flag. The colour of the Blue Ensign is navy blue, not royal blue.Royalcourtier (talk) 04:58, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are probably right there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.176.62 (talk) 13:25, 5 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Utter ridiculousness of dictionary definitions in Brightness section

The Brightness section refers to dictionary definitions of the term "royal blue" and also to the X11 Consortium's definition of the internet color "royalblue".

Does someone actually believe that the specification of a color occurs in a dictionary? It does not. Nor is X11 any authority on royal blue, because royal blue was around long before X11 and long after colors had been specified quite precisely according to color names.2600:1700:E1C0:F340:A594:73B6:B2DE:BE39 (talk) 21:46, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can we add a section to the article on Royal Blue which cites an example of an edible plant which produces a blue color?

The chemicals for royal blue are very difficult to make in a factory. Can we add a section about what edible vegetable or fruit produces a royal blue color (or something close to royal blue). I wish that I could make royal blue paint for both children and adults which is non-toxic. This way, when the paint enters the sewer system and flows into the rivers, the drinking water pulled from the river into a city reservoir will not be contaminated with toxins. I hope that people drink water with no toxic dyes in it. 73.14.72.177 (talk) 01:40, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'd suggest it would be best to look for that information outside of wikipedia and find information from reliable sources and test them to see what produces the best colour Nicholasjosey (talk) 01:45, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There should be a section explaining how royal blue was made historically

I can't find any reliable sources and I'm new to wikipedia but there should be information explaining historically how royal blue was made Nicholasjosey (talk) 01:42, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This source says it was made from the Woad plant. WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]