Electric blue (color)
| Electric blue | |
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 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #7DF9FF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (125, 249, 255) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (51, 2, 0, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (183°, 51%, 100%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
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Electric blue is a color whose definition varies but is often considered close to cyan and that is a representation of the color of lightning, an electric spark, and the color of ionized argon gas; it was originally named after the ionized air glow produced during electrical discharges, though its meaning has broadened to include shades of blue that are metaphorically "electric" by virtue of being "intense" or particularly "vibrant".
The first recorded use of electric blue as a color name in English was in 1845.[1][2] The color electric blue (the version shown below as medium electric blue) was in vogue in the 1890s.[3]
Variations of electric blue
Deep electric blue (French electric blue)
| Electric Blue (Pourpre.com) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #2C75FF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (44, 117, 255) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (220°, 100%, 59%) |
| Source | Pourpre.com |
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The deep tone of electric blue displayed at right is the color called bleu électrique in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France.
Iridescent electric blue
| Iridescent electric blue | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #3137FD |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (49, 55, 253) |
| Source | www.art-paints.com |
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This shade of electric blue reflects the kind which is only metaphorically "electric". Its iridescence is also metaphoric.
Medium electric blue
| Electric Blue (M&P) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #035096 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (3, 80, 150) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (209°, 98%, 59%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[4] |
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The color displayed at right titled medium electric blue matches the color of the color sample (taken from a textile sample)[5][6] of the original called electric blue that "had an immense vogue in the latter 19th century".[7]
Still today, this tone of electric blue is a typical contemporary "electric blue" fabric color that is used in manufacturing for the mass market.
Dark electric blue
| Electric Blue (ISCC-NBS) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #536878 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (83, 104, 120) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (206°, 31%, 47%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
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Dark electric blue is a dark cyan color that is the color called electric blue in the ISCC-NBS color list.
Source of the color dark electric blue:[8]
In nature
Crustaceans
The electric blue crayfish is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida. The electric blue gecko was first discovered by biologist William in the 1950s.
In culture
Astrology
The color electric blue is associated with the astrological sign of Aquarius.[9]
Computing
The color electric blue is used in the logo and site of Arch Linux, a popular Linux distribution.[10]
Film
Electric Blue was the name of a 1980s soft-core pornographic television series on The Playboy Channel and its feature film spin-off.
Literature
An electric blue dress features in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", a Sherlock Holmes story.
Gerty MacDowell wears an electric blue blouse in James Joyce's novel Ulysses, set in 1904, 'because it was expected in the Lady's Pictorial that electric blue would be worn'.
Music
| Electric Blue (Icehouse) | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #3b97ca |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (59, 151, 202) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (72, 28, 5, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (201°, 71%, 79%) |
| Source | discogs.com |
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"Electric Blue" is a 1987 song released by the Australian band Icehouse, co-written with John Oates. The color of the album is shown at right.
- Electric/Blue is a 1997 jazz fusion album by Joe Deninzon.
- Electric Blue is the debut solo album by Erasure frontman Andy Bell, released October 3, 2005.
- The Electric Blue 14 are a rock band based in London, England.[11]
- "Strange Brew" is a song by the band Cream from the 1967 album Disraeli Gears which features the lyric "She's a witch of trouble in electric blue".
- "Sound and Vision" is a 1977 song released by David Bowie which features the lyric "Blue, blue, electric blue. That's the colour of my room".
- "The Art of Storytelling, pt.2" is a 1998 ballad released by OutKast. An account of the biblical Apocalypse, the song contains the lyric "Look out the window! Golly, the sky is electric blue".
- "Cosmic Charlie" is a song by the Grateful Dead, performed live between 1968 and 1976. It contains the lyric "Rosy red and electric blue, I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe", which is typical of the surrealistic theme of the remaining lyrics.
- "Electric Blue" is the name of a song by Nicole Scherzinger and T.I. from Scherzinger's 2014 album Big Fat Lie.
Panelology
In a 1998 retelling of the original 1963 story of Superman Red/Superman Blue, Superman is temporarily deprived of the solar energy needed to provide the energy his body required to give him powers and Superman develops electricity-based abilities,[12] which eventually forces him to adopt a blue and white containment suit to prevent the energy from dispersing. While retaining most of his abilities, he could now also generate electric attacks rather than his original heat-vision. This version of Superman was referred to by some comic book fans as "Electric Blue Superman".[13]
Physics
The electric blue glow of electricity results from the spectral emission of the excited ionized atoms (or excited molecules) of air (mostly oxygen and nitrogen) falling back to unexcited states, which happens to produce an abundance of electric blue light. This is the reason electrical sparks in air, including lightning, appear electric blue. It is a coincidence that the color of Cherenkov radiation and light emitted by ionized air are a very similar blue despite their very different methods of production.
See also
References
- ↑ Joseph Hall Wright (1845). Ocean-work, Ancient and Modern: Or, Evenings on Sea and Land. D. Appleton. p. 163.
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.194; Color Sample of Electric Blue [fabric 1890s]: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample I7
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Discussion of color Electric Blue, p. 156
- ↑ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called electric blue in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color electric blue is displayed on page 97, Plate 37, Color Sample I7.
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, Color Sample of Electric Blue [fabric 1890s]: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample I7
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.194 Name of the color "electric blue" in the index is marked with a "T", which means it is from a textile sample
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill, p.156 Discussion of the color Electric Blue
- ↑ http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-e.htm ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of electric blue (color sample #186):
- ↑ Parker, Derek and Julia Aquarius (Part of the Planetary Zodiac Library) New York:1972 A Mitchell Beazley/Ballantine Book Page 14
- ↑ Arch Linux:
- ↑ MySpace site of The Electric Blue 14
- ↑ Superman (vol. 2) #122 (April 1997)
- ↑ "Electric Blue Superman???". Forums.comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 2012-03-24.