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Persian blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Persian blue
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For the breed of cat known as a Persian Blue, or Blue Persian, see Persian (cat) .
Persian Blue
Common connotations
Lapis lazuli Celestial sphere Heaven
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #1C39BB
sRGB
B
(r, g, b)
(28, 57, 187)
CMYK
H
(c, m, y, k)
(100, 100, 21, 11)
HSV (h, s, v) (249°, 85%, 49%)
Source
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Persian blue (not to be confused with Prussian blue) comes in three major tones:
Persian blue proper—a bright medium blue; medium Persian blue (a medium
slightly grayish blue that is slightly indigoish); and a kind of dark blue that is much
closer to the web color indigo; this darker shade of Persian blue is referred to as
Persian indigo, dark Persian blue, or regimental.
Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian red and
Persian green.
Contents
G 1 Persian blue
G 2 Variations of Persian blue
H 2.1 Medium Persian blue
H 2.2 Persian indigo
G 3 Persian blue and its variations in human culture
G 4 References
G 5 External links
Persian blue
The color Persian blue is named from the blue color of some Persian pottery and the
color of tiles used in and on mosques and palaces in Iran and in other places in the
Middle East. Persian blue is a representation of the color of the mineral lapis lazuli
which comes from Persia and Afghanistan. (The color azure is also named after the
mineral lapis lazuli.)
The first recorded use of Persian blue as a color name in English was in 1669.
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Variations of Persian blue
Medium Persian blue
The medium tone of Persian blue shown at right is the color called Persian blue in color sample #178 of the ISCC-NBS color list.
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Persian Blue (ISCC-NBS #178)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #0067A5
sRGB
B
(r, g, b)
(0, 103, 165)
CMYK
H
(c, m, y, k)
(100, 100, 21, 11)
HSV (h, s, v) (248°, 75%, 48%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a color
dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps, now on the Internet—
see sample of the color Persian blue (color sample #178) displayed on indicated web page:
[2].
Persian indigo
Persian Indigo
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #32127A
sRGB
B
(r, g, b)
(50, 18, 122)
CMYK
H
(c, m, y, k)
(96, 100, 16, 11)
HSV (h, s, v) (258°, 85%, 48%)
Source
[3]/Maerz and Paul
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
The color Persian indigo is displayed at right. Another name for this color (seldom used
nowadays) is regimental. The color was called regimental because in the 19th century it was
commonly used by many nations for navy uniforms.
Persian indigo is named for an association with a product from Persia: Persian cloth dyed
with indigo.
The first recorded use of regimental (the original name for the color now called Persian
indigo) as a color name in English was in 1912.
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Persian blue and its variations in human culture

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This Persian-influenced dome in Delhi, India has Persian-blue colored tiles on its outer surface.
Architecture
G Many mosques in Iran, such as the enormous Shah Mosque in Isfahan, have interiors that are faced with tiles that are Persian blue
or close variations of it.
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Military
G The color Persian indigo, which as noted above was originally called regimental, was called by that name because it used to be
the color of the navy uniforms of a number of different nations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to the fact that it was
easy and inexpensive to use indigo dye to dye navy uniforms.
New Age Metaphysics
G The metaphysical books (on topics such as the seven rays) written by the New Age Prophetess Alice A. Bailey (which she claimed
to have channeled from the ascended master Djwal Khul), published by the Lucis Trust and called by her followers the Alice A.
Bailey material, in earlier editions up to and including the 1970s were originally bound in matte medium Persian blue, but since
the 1980s, they have been bound in glossy Persian blue.
Persian carpets
G When blue Persian carpets are produced, medium Persian blue is one of the tones of blue most commonly used.
References
1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called Persian blue in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of
Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color Persian blue is displayed on page 95, Plate 36, Color Sample L4.
2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Persian blue: Page 95 Plate 36 Color
Sample L4
3. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called regimental in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of
Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color regimental is displayed on page 117, Plate 47, Color Sample C10.
4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203 (It is also stated under the entry on Persian Blue on page
201 that the color on Plate 47 Color Sample C10 (regimental) is a [darker] tone of Persian Blue.); color sample of Regimental: Page 117
Plate 47 Color Sample C10
5. ^ Picture of the Interior of the Shah Mosque:
External links
G Painting "The Snake Charmer" (1870) by Jean-Leon Gerome shows a snake charmer in a Persian market with Persian blue tiles in
background
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Shades of blue
Air Force blue Air superiority blue Alice blue Azure Baby blue Bleu de France Blue Blue-gray Bondi blue Brandeis blue

Cambridge Blue Carolina blue Celeste Cerulean Cobalt blue Columbia blue Cornflower blue Cyan Dark blue Deep sky blue

Denim Dodger blue Duke blue Egyptian blue Electric blue Eton blue Federal blue Glaucous Electric indigo Indigo

International Klein Blue Iris Light blue Majorelle Blue Maya blue Medium blue Midnight blue Navy blue Non-photo blue Oxford Blue

Palatinate blue Periwinkle Persian blue Phthalo blue Powder blue Prussian blue Royal blue Sapphire Sky blue Steel blue

Teal Tiffany Blue True Blue Tufts Blue Turquoise UC Davis Blue UCLA Blue Ultramarine Violet-Blue Yale Blue

A typical sample is shown for each name – however a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.
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Shades of violet
Amethyst Byzantium Cerise Eggplant Fandango Fuchsia Heliotrope Indigo Lavender blush Lavender (floral)

Lavender (web) Magenta Mauve Orchid Plum Purple Red-violet Rose Thistle Tyrian purple

Mulberry Violet Violet-Blue Wisteria

A typical sample is shown for each name – however a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.
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Categories:
G Shades of blue
G Shades of violet
G This page was last modified on 29 November 2013 at 16:01.
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this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia
Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
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